Here are four things to know:
1. Sonia Yoo, MD, professor of ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami, Fla., noted several key drivers behind the advances:
- Ever-increasing demand among baby boomers;
- A trend toward undergoing cataract surgery at younger ages;
- More patients are having the second eye done within a few months of the first.
In addition, some clinics already perform bilateral same-day surgery, a practice that will become more common.
2. Ophthalmologists will also see imaging and measurement technology that is more time-saving and cost-effective appearing in their practices. At this point, imaging and measurement of a patient’s eyes are done preoperatively, but within a few years, it should be possible to do all-in-one intraoperative measurements.
3. Researchers at Dr. Yoo’s center helped develop the EnFocus, an intraoperative optical coherence tomography device that can be retrofitted to your operating microscope.
4. The designs of operating microscopes, which at this point are mounted and fixed to either the floor or ceiling, are also being adapted.
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