Carlos Buznego, MD on Presbyopic IOL Procedures

William Trattler, MD and Carlos Buznego, MD discuss presbyopic IOL technology in cataract surgery. Patient selection for these lenses involves assessing patient needs and conducting a variety of preop tests: super pinhole (potential acuity meter), corneal topography to rule out irregular astigmatism, macular OCT to rule out epiretinal membrane. Dr. Buznego has developed a mnemonic for his approach R-E-S-T-O-R: Retina (use NSAIDs to prevent cystoid macular edema), Emmetropia (hit the target), aStigmatism (look at pre and postop topography), Tears (dry eye is often a problem in variable vision), Opacified posterior capsule (lower the threshold for posterior YAG capsulotomy relative to traditional monofocal patients), Repeat (the fellow eye, these lenses often work best in a binocular fashion).
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