Season 3

Watch - or Listen to - the final episode of Season 3, OQC: Eureka Moments! Episode 6 features the incredible Sam Masket, MD. In this episode of Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles (OQC) Eureka Moments, Dr. Masket provides his expert surgical pearls on how to elegantly lasso fixate a dislocated multifocal IOL back into a well-centered position. Join us as the maestro explains and describes his favorite fixation techniques, suture of choice and considerations for our cataract patients co-morbid zonulopathies.

Watch – or listen to - the fifth episode of Season 3, OQC: Eureka Moments! Episode 5 features Nandini Venkateswaran, MD. In this episode of Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles (OQC) Eureka Moments, the talented Nandani Venkateswaran, MD walks us through how to approach an aborted cataract surgery with iris prolapse and an open capsule. The original surgeon closed up the eye early due to increased intraoperative pressure and anterior chamber shallowing. Dr. Venkateswaran takes us through meticulous planning from anesthesia to iris management to IOL choice and placement. Learn how to make this complex case routine with her countless eureka moments demonstrating grace under pressure. You won’t want to miss this one!

Watch – or listen to - the fourth episode of Season 3, OQC: Eureka Moments! Episode 4 features Julie Schallhorn, MD. The surgical pearls and gems pop throughout this episode as we dive into cataract surgery in patients with corneal lesions. Are these corneal lesions friend or foe? How do we best obtain a view and strategically get through these cataract surgeries? Join us in this episode for these answers!

Watch – or listen- to the third episode of Season 3, OQC: Eureka Moments! Episode 3 features the one and only Steve Safran, MD. Dr. Safran’s specialty in complex anterior segment surgery is highlighted in this episode with multiple Eureka moments for IOL exchange. Learn how to expand a phimotic capsule, strip fibrosis off haptics and more! You won’t want to miss this one!

Watch this live session of OQC Eureka Moments at the 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting in San Diego! This session will feature experts Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD and Brandon Ayres, MD. Dr. Ayres will showcase a surgical moment of freeing up stubborn haptics for IOL exchange. Dr. Al-Mohtaseb will then showcase a case of anterior vitrectomy during a Yamane case using the newly FDA-approved device “one-step.” Hear about how they navigated these cases and experienced their own Eureka moments.

Watch – or listen- to the second episode of Season 3, OQC: Eureka Moments! Episode 2 features Priya Narang, MD. Dr. Narang is an international phenom, talented surgeon, educator and innovator. Dr. Narang will review her Eureka moment where she rivets a haptic bulb to avoid slippage through the intrascleral tunnel in her modified Yamane Technique. Sometimes the best solutions are the most simple and accessible.

Thank you to our episode sponsor, Diamatrix.

Watch – or listen- to the first episode of Season 3, OQC: Eureka Moments! Episode 1 features our very own hosts, Nicole Fram, MD & Elizabeth Yeu, MD who safely manage compromised capsular bags to help patients achieve their visual outcomes.

Thank you to our episode sponsor, Trukera Medical.

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