Sooner or later? The sequential bilateral cataract surgery debate
Sequential bilateral cataract surgery has been in the spotlight in recent months, prompting discussion around the risks and benefits of ...
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Poor public health planning no excuse – Dr Anton Van Heerden
The pandemic and our response to it has impacted all facets of life. In particular, the sweeping bans on elective ...
Victorian elective surgery blitz to feature cataract surgery hubs
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has warned a $1.5 billion Victorian elective surgery blitz must keen staff welfare ...
Queensland clinic performs Australian-first cataract laser technique
A Brisbane eye surgery clinic has become the first in Australia to offer the CAPSULaser procedure, enabling surgeons to perform ...
Survey provides insight into Australian cataract surgery landscape
A new cataract surgery survey conducted through RANZCO has reaffirmed the gulf between the private and public systems, as well ...
Sector lays out $280 million public cataract surgery plan
Australia’s peak body for the eye health and vision sector has called on the Federal Government to spend $67 million ...
NSW cataract patients waiting 71 days longer post-COVID
The Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO) has criticised major public hospitals in New South Wales for operating at 20% capacity ...
Phaco and surgeon contamination risks amid COVID-19
Aerosol and spatter generation in some ophthalmic procedures has been a concern during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Kiwi researchers have ...
Knock-on effect: Cataract surgery but not as we know it
Cataract surgeons are reporting unexpected flow on effects as a result of the pandemic. RHIANNON BOWMAN finds out how they ...
An IOL to change the cataract surgery paradigm?
Alcon’s newest EDOF intraocular lens has only been available to a handful of Australian ophthalmologists, but it’s already receiving major ...