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46 EW AAO PREVIEW October 2012 November 10-13, 2012 Innovations abound during AAO's cataract sessions by Michelle Dalton EyeWorld Contributing Writer Throughout this year's AAO meeting, paper sessions on cataract surgery will concentrate on newer techniques, avoiding complications, and innovative technologies VISIONBLUE capsule of the lens. Contraindications VisionBlueTM is contraindicated when a non-hydrated (dry state), hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) is planned to be inserted into the eye because the dye may be absorbed by the IOL and stain the IOL. Precautions General: It is recommended that after injection all excess VisionBlueTM the eye by thorough irrigation of the anterior chamber. be immediately removed from Carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, impairment of fertility: Trypan blue is carcinogenic in rats. 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There are two sessions during AAO "specifically dedicated to femto phaco," Dr. Fishkind said. "While these sessions are not purely femto phaco, they discuss how cer- tain aspects of cataract surgery relate to femto phaco and how aspects of it relate to cataract surgery. I think those are not-to-be-missed sessions." ASCRS President David F. Chang, M.D., San Francisco, will lead AAO's Spotlight on Cataract Symposium for the 11th consecutive year, with this year's theme concen- trating on cataract complications. In this session, attendees will see "seven different video case presenta- tions that will illustrate a variety of complications and complicated cases. Using electronic response pads, the audience will be asked to make clinical management deci- sions, followed by rapid-fire didactic presentations that are relevant to the case. The management will then be discussed by a rotating panel of experts," Dr. Chang said. Among the topics being discussed: management of refractive power surprise; the unhappy multifocal IOL patient; mature white, brunescent, and trau- matic cataracts; and capsulorhexis and posterior capsular tears. "This session is going to be a blockbuster," Dr. Fishkind said. "It's going to be incredibly dynamic. It's something I will participate in, but even if I weren't involved, I wouldn't want to miss it. It will be something I can use in my practice to improve the quality of care I deliver to my patients surgically. There will be pearl after pearl, important pieces of information after important pieces of informa- tion. And then, you've got Jack Holladay, M.D., delivering the Kelman Lecture on something that none of us really understand as well as we should. And we're going to hear it from the guy who has pro- pelled us to improve outcomes year