Archive for January 2025

In the August 2024 edition of the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Dr. Matthew Rauen and colleagues published a study about using lower eye pressure during cataract surgery. They showed that surgery with lower eye pressure caused some less swelling after surgery. However, they also noted that that the difference did not cause a…

Normally, this section is reserved for musings about eye-related news and other ophthalmological sundries. But, the team I support, the Washington Commanders, just won their first playoff game in about 20 years. So, I apologize for the interlude that has nothing to do with eyes, but…. Go Washington!!!

While the world of ocular surgery training has changed since I was there, I can definitely remember how we used to practice surgery. Occasionally, I used large unwieldy cow eyes, but the eyes I used most often, those that felt the most like human eyes, were pig eyes. In fact, there are still papers and…