Greetings!
Seeing Opacity is NOT the same as understanding a patient’s visual complaints. In early cataracts, often the opacity and the symptoms don’t match. The theory is that early cataracts cause High Order Aberrations BEFORE they cause Opacities. In today's
video
iTrace user Dr. Steven Dewey gives a unique perspective on this theory and paints a picture for the application of the DLI in practice.
THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN THIS TEACHING:
Dr. Dewey uses the iTrace, after saying you don’t need it – UNTIL you buy it and then you cannot do without it! The visual simulation in the iTrace exactly matched his vision plus the DLI found his own cataract 3 years before his doctor did. Note how Dr. Dewey uses his iTrace to calculate his SIA.
THINGS TO CONSIDER WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING:
Why did Dr Dewey only find out his visual problem from an iTrace and NOT on ANY OTHER device while at a trade show? Do you have anything else in the practice that offers an accurate visual simulation?
THINGS TO CONSIDER STUDYING IN YOUR PRACTICE:
Study your SIA. Take before and after measurements on Corneal Topography and look at the compare map, where is shows the surgical effect in K’s and effective power. Study 10 with-the-rule and 10 against-the-rule patient cases to see what your incision does to the cornea. Regarding accurate refractions, try the Tracey Refraction (when in Green) on patients regardless of their current correction, and see which they like better.
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