CRITICAL PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOME OF CATARACT SURGERY.
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CRITICAL PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOME OF CATARACT SURGERY.
- Author:
XIAOLIN GU, LI WANG
Performing a spectral-domain or swept-source macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) on every single cataract patient preoperatively, and not just on premium intraocular lens (IOL) patients, may prevent “visual surprise”. With the advancement in IOL technology, cataract surgery has evolved to have the similar patient expectations as a refractive procedure.1 A larger proportion of the baby boomer generation, which has a greater awareness and knowledge of cataract surgery, is now in need of presbyopia correction with cataract surgery.
