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Reporting from the 2016 ASCRS•ASOA Symposium & Congress, May 6–10, 2016 New Orleans Sponsored by EW MEETING REPORTER 86 June 2016 The first topic had panelists sharing what they are doing differ- ently this year in practice compared to years past. Dr. Henderson had the audience out of their chairs doing new stretches to help avoid workplace injury, Dr. Lane spoke on preloaded IOLs, and Dr. Lindstrom discussed sublingual conscious seda- tion (or IV-less cataract surgery), to name a few. But it was Dr. Chang's quick talk on recent research that linked intracameral vancomycin to incidents of hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis (HORV) that had him voted as the best presentation in this category. Dr. Chang said that while HORV is rare and that this research doesn't suggest one shouldn't use vancomycin, it has led him and others on the panel to switch to intracameral moxifloxacin. Dr. Chang recommended surgeons who are using vancomycin to space procedures out to perhaps avoid the potential for issues in both eyes. Moving on to what the panel thought of new technologies on the horizon, it was Dr. Slade speaking about the Light Adjustable Lens (Calhoun Vision, Pasadena, Cali- fornia) that interested the audience the most. As Dr. Slade explained it, this technology, in phase 2 FDA clinical trials, allows the surgeon to adjust the power of the IOL after placement and after the patient has healed. "It's a digital correction of the lens itself through a polymer tech- nology," he said, adding later in his presentation that he considers this technology a "planned touch-up that gives patients what they want virtually 100% of the time." Next, the best tip for improving the ocular surface that jived with the audience came from Dr. Slade again. He spoke about the use of autolo- gous tears serum in a filled, scleral contact lens. "It's a simple but magical tech- nique that you can do tomorrow," Dr. Slade said. "It works wonders for your worst dry eyes and other things on the ocular surface as well." When it came time to name the presentation offering the best pearl for astigmatism management, Dr. Slade won yet again. The pearl Dr. Slade offered that impressed the

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