CORNEAL TRANSPLANT WITH PLANNED EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION, PUPILLOPLASTY, AND PCIOL IMPLANTATION
Ozana Moraru, MD
Dr. Moraru performs corneal transplantation combined with planned extracapsular cataract extraction, pupilloplasty, and the implantation of a posterior chamber IOL (PCIOL) in a patient who experienced a penetrating eye injury years ago.
LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPIES
Laura M. Periman, MD, and Darrell E. White, MD
In 2022's first episode of On the Surface, Drs. Periman and White summarize the latest literature on low-level light therapies, discuss treatment combinations, and highlight the intervention’s excellent efficacy in pediatric patients.
PHACOEMULSIFICATION AND IRIS HOOKS IN A MATURE CATARACT WITH IRIS COLOBOMA
V.R. Vivekanandan, MD, and Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD
Drs. Vivekanandan and Venkatesh demonstrate phacoemulsification on an eye with a mature cataract and iris coloboma and provide tips on how to engage and remove iris hooks safely and easily.
Top Phaco Saves
Ben LaHood, MD, MBChB(dist), PGDipOphth(dist), FRANZCO, who served as a member of the judges' panel for CRST’s Phaco Saves video contest, joins grand prize winner Ahmed Assaf, MD, PhD, FRCS(Ed), and runner-up Steven G. Safran, MD, to discuss the cases featured in their videos and how they stay calm during challenging situations here.
Section Editor Eric Rosenberg, DO, MSCENG
- Cornea and complex anterior segment surgeon, SightMD, Babylon, New York
- Assistant Professor, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
- Member, Eyetube Editorial Board
- ericr29@gmail.com
- Financial disclosure: None