Innovating the Next Generation of IOL Performance Across the Full Continuum of Care

As surgeons navigate expanding IOL choice and rising patient expectations, Alcon’s next-generation Clareon® portfolio is advancing performance across Full Range of Field, EDOF and enhanced monofocal categories to create the best possible quality of vision for each patient need.

Optimising ELP Prediction with AI

Study finds value from implementing an attention mechanism.

With postoperative effective lens position (ELP) prediction remaining a major limiting factor in the accuracy of IOL power calculation, researchers have applied artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to improve ELP accuracy. Results of a study conducted by Woong-Joo Whang MD and colleagues indicate...

Author: Cheryl Guttman Krader

Reading Between the Lines

Why critically reading the SVIOL literature matters for everyone.

An accurate and critical appraisal of scientific studies on simultaneous vision IOLs (SVIOLs) contributes to the best possible outcome for cataract and refractive surgery patients, stresses Filomena Ribeiro MD, PhD....

Author: Laura Gaspari

New AI-Powered Biometry Scanner App

Clinicians can expect quick and efficient preoperative cataract surgery planning thanks to a new app.

In the constantly evolving field of cataract surgery, the focus has increasingly shifted from vision rehabilitation towards achieving excellent refractive correction. Advancements in biometry technology, IOL design, and modern calculation formulas have significantly improved...

Getting a Hold of AI

As AI takes flight, can ophthalmology stay grounded?

Ready or not, an AI boom is upon us, affecting nearly every aspect of daily life. Millions of people are now using AI-based apps trained on billions of data points, generating trillions of dollars for investors. Meanwhile, AI is moving rapidly from research promise to clinical reality in ophthalmology...

Author: Sean Henahan

Embracing AI

AI tools could hold the key for practices to survive and thrive.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming ophthalmology and will continue to do so in ways that have not been seen before. With that in mind, Kerry D Solomon MD not only encouraged his colleagues to incorporate AI-enabled products into their practices but to become involved in shaping the transformation...

Author: Cheryl Guttman Krader

Welcoming the Era of AI Simulation Training

Use as an educational tool accompanied by a broad range of benefits.

Simulation-based training represents a pedagogical shift in ophthalmic surgical education and is introducing a new era in which there can be improved patient safety and better surgical outcomes...

Author: Cheryl Guttman Krader

Prioritising Cataract Surgery Training

ESCRS-endorsed simulation curriculum in development to overcome existing disparities and cope with future burden.

Amid rising demand for cataract surgery services across Europe, worsening staffing shortages, and substantial intercountry differences in surgical exposure and trainees’ confidence, ESCRS is developing a pan-European formal training pathway...

Author: Cheryl Guttman Krader

A New Era in Cataract Surgery

First-in-human robotic procedures mark a milestone as rapid advances shape the future.

In October 2025, Uday Devgan MD performed the first robotic cataract surgery procedures in humans using the Polaris platform from Horizon Surgical Systems. While the success of those first cases establishing the feasibility of robotic cataract surgery represents a milestone event, it is equally or even more remarkable to consider...

Author: Cheryl Guttman Krader

AI’s Next Movement

EuroTimes caught up with Siyin Liu MBChB, MRes, PhD and asked him to reflect on AI three years after receiving the Henahan Prize for his essay on the topic.

Author: Sean Henahan