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AECOS Summer Symposium: 2026

Optimizing the Ocular Surface Before Surgery

Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, and Gary Wörtz, MD

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Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, and Gary Wörtz, MD, share pearls from a session on optimizing the ocular surface before cataract surgery, held at the 2026 AECOS Summer Symposium. They discuss how treatment advances over the past 2 decades have enhanced surgeons’ ability to address conditions such as dry eye disease and comment on the use of presbyopia drops pre- and postoperatively.

Posted: 7/23/2026

Keywords:

presbyopia

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drops

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Dry Eye Disease

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Ocular surface

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Ocular Surface Disease

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Optimizing the Ocular Surface Before Surgery

Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, and Gary Wörtz, MD

Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, and Gary Wörtz, MD, share pearls from a session on optimizing the ocular surface before cataract surgery, held at the 2026 AECOS Summer Symposium. They discuss how treatment advances over the past 2 decades have enhanced surgeons’ ability to address conditions such as dry eye disease and comment on the use of presbyopia drops pre- and postoperatively.

Posted: 7/23/2026

Keywords:

presbyopia

•

drops

•

Dry Eye Disease

•

Ocular surface

•

Ocular Surface Disease

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