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When performing cataract surgery, one of the steps that we commonly execute is called hydrodissection. The cataract is inside a capsule, and the cataract does not freely move within the capsule when we first encounter it during surgery. However, we can inject a water-based solution into the potential space between the cataract and capsule. By…

One of the most common complaints in my office is that people don’t like betadine in the eye. It burns like crazy! This is a well known fact; betadine does not feel good. But we need it! Betadine is one of the most well-known antiseptics, and, out of all available measures to decrease the likelihood…

I was recently speaking to a family member who was recounting her experience of seeing eye doctors. She had a visit in California, where she lives, and was told that she had a normal eye exam. She specifically asked about cataracts and was told she did not have any. At that time, everything seemed quite…

The term “monocular” refers to the condition in which someone has a large asymmetry between the eyes in terms of vision. Essentially, it means that one eye sees much better than the other, and the worse seeing eye actually has quite poor functional vision. In these scenarios, we ophthalmologists strongly recommend the use of glasses…

Today, I saw a patient on call. It was actually a great experience! Typically, we consider it to be a bit of an intrusion on our personal time to have to come into the hospital and see a patient. However, most of the time, it actually turns out to be wonderful–when patients know that we…

When we talk about transplants in the eye world, this usually means a transplant of the very front part of the eye, which is the cornea. Some patients think that the entire eye can be replaced, but that is not true. Transplanted corneas are like any other transplanted organ of the body; they are subject…

Have you ever heard of eye patching? Have you ever wondered what the heck it is all about? A very common type of patching is that which is used in children. There are a lot of nuances that can be present, but the general gist of treatment is to put the patch over the GOOD…

I may have written about this before, but the topic tends to be a sustained cause of confusion. An eye can become inflamed if certain types of cells are redirected toward it from the rest of the body. These cells are often called inflammatory cells, which seems tautological in this context, but their presence really…

For any cornea transplant, there has to be an individual who is the donor. In the April 2025 edition of the journal Cornea, Abhishek Ramini and colleagues published a study related to donors diagnosed with sleep apnea. They found that donors who had sleep apnea provided corneas that had a lower cell count than those…

There are serious eye infections and not-so-serious eye infections. An example of a not-so-serious eye infection would be a common viral conjunctivitis–pink eye. In viral conjunctivitis, it is quite unlikely that there will be permanent consequences and quite likely that the infection will resolve on its own. An example of a common serious eye infection…