ASCRS•ASOA SYMPOSIUM & CONGRESS, SAN DIEGO 2015
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EyeWorld Daily News • The official ASCRS•ASOA Show Daily Wednesday, April 18, 2018
by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer
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The Best of ASCRS 2018
by Ellen Stodola EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer
ities Identified Only by OCT in
Patients with Cataract." The research
sought to evaluate the prevalence of
macular abnormalities not suspected
by the biomicroscopic fundus exam
and identified only by macular OCT
in the preoperative evaluation for
cataract surgery. In the results of
the study, in eyes without previous
diagnosis of macular disease and
a normal biomicroscopic fundus
exam, 905 (95.1%) eyes had normal
OCT, while 47 (4.9%) eyes had an
abnormal OCT.
He also presented "Extended
Depth of Focus IOL Implantation
After Radial Keratotomy" and a
back calculation delta K method for
T
he ASCRS•ASOA Annual
Meeting concluded with the
Best of ASCRS 2018 General
Session. Presenters shared
some of the "Best papers of
session" winners from the meeting.
The moderator for the session
was Eric Donnenfeld, MD, Rockville
Centre, New York. Panelists included
Vance Thompson, MD, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, Edward Holland,
MD, Cincinnati, Reay Brown, MD,
Atlanta, Graham Barrett, MD,
Perth, Australia, and David Chang,
MD, Los Altos, California.
Richard Tipperman, MD, Bala
Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, presented
the best cataract papers.
The first paper he selected was
"Prevalence of Macular Abnormal-
The audience then voted for the tip
or idea that they found the most
interesting or useful.
What am I doing differently
this year?
Kerry Solomon, MD, Mount
Pleasant, South Carolina, garnered
the most votes in this category for
sharing his thoughts on the flanged
double-needle intrascleral haptic
fixation technique by Shin Yamane,
MD.
"I've done a lot of scleral fixa-
tion over the years; I've done a lot
of iris fixation over the years. This
What experts are doing
differently, new technology,
improving the ocular
surface, and more
"T
his is one of my
most enjoyable
aspects of ASCRS,"
Eric Donnenfeld,
MD, Rockville Cen-
tre, New York, said as moderator of
the "X-Rounds: Refractive Cataract
Surgery to the Max" session.
In the session, five leading
ophthalmologists gave rapid-fire
presentations on a variety of topics.
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Dr. Radcliffe shares some of the best glaucoma papers from the meeting during The Best of
ASCRS 2018 General Session.
Dr. Chang participates in the X-Rounds session where he highlighted a variety of topics,
including automated capsulotomy creation and presbyopia-correcting eye drops.
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