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ASCRS Symposia
Sunday, May 8, 2016
complication he experienced. The
patient was a 65-year-old female
with a cataract with chronic diabetic
macular edema. When it was sug-
gested by a retinal colleague that her
condition would likely worsen sig-
nificantly after cataract surgery, Dr.
Vasavada decided to treat the edema
at the time of cataract surgery.
Dr. Vasavada said he prefers to
use Ozurdex (dexamethasone, Aller-
gan, Dublin). He suggested remov-
ing viscoelastic from behind the bag
because that could affect the injec-
tion process. You don't want it to be
billowing, he said. Fill the anterior
chamber with cohesive viscoelastic
in order to make sure the eye is tight
enough for the intravitreal injection.
Normally, Dr. Vasavada said, he
would have a retina surgeon do the
injection, but he felt he didn't want
to bother someone else. He used
Ozurdex with a 22-gauge needle
and a slightly larger than normal
injection. What Dr. Vasavada didn't
by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer
T
he symposium sponsored
by the ASCRS Young Eye
Surgeons Clinical Commit-
tee presented a number of
difficult and challenging
surgical videos cases, with speakers
sharing how to handle different
issues that could arise.
The session was moderated
by Elizabeth Yeu, MD, Norfolk,
Virginia. Panelists included Zaina
Al-Mohtaseb, MD, Houston, John
Berdahl, MD, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, Berdine Burger, MD,
Charleston, South Carolina,
Edwin Chen, MD, San Diego,
Jessica Ciralsky, MD, New York,
Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD, Irvine,
California, Jeremy Kieval, MD,
Boston, Bryan Lee, MD, Los Altos,
California, Ken Lin, MD, Anaheim,
California, Charles Weber, MD, Salt
Lake City, and Zachary Zavodni,
MD, Salt Lake City.
Shail Vasavada, MD, Ahmed-
abad, India, shared a case of a
Video symposium looks at challenging cases
Dr. Vasavada shares a challenging case he encountered.
