Ophthalmology continues to benefit from advances in technology and developing product designs aimed at improved patient outcomes. Current trends in cataract surgery are leading surgeons toward smaller incisions while the profit potential of adding retina and glaucoma to cataract services also warrants consideration. If you weren't at the recent meetings of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons or the American Academy of Ophthalmology, here's what you may have missed.

— Elethia Charoo, RN, BSN, MBA