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Archive > October, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 10

Overcoming 10 Cataract Challenges in the OR

Advice for handling tough situations, improving your outcomes and keeping your surgery day on track.

Desiree Ifft, Contributing Editor

Cataract surgery may be the least complication-prone procedure performed at your facility; but, as you know, challenges do arise. To help you handle - and prevent - potential problems, we asked several surgeons and surgical team members to share their best advice. Their insights touch on a broad range of timely topics, including basic safety, anesthesia, intraoperative complications and achieving the highest quality of post-op vision for their patients.

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