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New Products Set Upbeat Tone for ASCRS Meeting; Attendance Remains a Concern
New product launches created high surgeon interest at the 2024 meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), but the overall mood of the conference was tempered somewh...
ASCRS Marks 50 Years with Look Back at Cataract Surgery in 1974
The ASCRS commemorated its 50th anniversary at its 2024 annual meeting by re-creating an ophthalmologist’s office and surgery suite from the 1970s in the exhibit hall. The display served as a remin...
J&J Vision Launches Tecnis Odyssey PC-IOL at 2024 ASCRS Meeting
Johnson & Johnson Vision launched and touted the Tecnis Odyssey presbyopia-correcting IOL at a number of venues at the 2024 ASCRS meeting. Blake Williamson, MD, and Priya Matthews, MD, described J&...
RxSight Launches the LAL+ IOL with Large ASCRS Program
RxSight continued to build momentum for its post-op adjustable IOL with a big presence at the 2024 ASCRS meeting, including an Eyecelerator presentation on the new LAL+ and 14 speaker sessions at t...
Rayner and Carl Zeiss Meditec Display Recently Acquired Phaco Machines
The US ultrasonic cataract machine market has been dominated by Alcon, Bausch + Lomb, and Johnson & Johnson for more than a decade, so it’s unusual to learn of a new phaco machine being launched by...
ASCRS Meeting Showcases New Lenticule Extraction Platforms
Lenticule extraction (LE) continues to advance as new platforms come to the market. The 2024 ASCRS meeting showcased improved LE features that have enhanced the patient and surgeon experience. Doct...
Rise of DMEK Highlights Need for Corneal Endothelial Therapies
Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) has become the most common keratoplasty procedure performed domestically, according to a statistical report by the Eye Bank Association of Americ...
Dry Eye Screening Before Surgery Seems Logical, but Hurdles Remain
The need to continue lobbying for dry eye evaluation prior to patients undergoing anterior segment surgery is somewhat baffling. Such testing seems like an obvious approach for the many patients wh...
Digital Solutions are Underlying Theme at 2024 ASCRS Meeting
The ASCRS conference was a hub of diagnostic innovation and collaboration, despite the absence of a designated “Digital Day,” as provided at the 2023 meeting. Discussions on the integration of digi...
Ophthalmologists Aim to Uncover and Overcome Gender Bias
Opinion leaders in ophthalmology collaborated to educate their peers on gender bias during the 2024 ASCRS meeting in Boston. Led by Tanya Trinh, FRANZCO, MBBS, doctors discussed detailed actions th...
Eyecelerator Celebrates Fourth Anniversary While Showcasing Innovation in Ophthalmology
A nor’easter storm that disrupted many travel itineraries failed to deter the nearly 600 industry personnel and clinicians who attended Eyecelerator ahead of the 2024 ASCRS meeting. This year’s con...
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