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From Empiricism to Simulation: A New Era in Cataract Surgery Planning

How advances in physics-informed optical modeling will reshape how surgeons select intraocular lenses and plan refractive cataract outcomes in the near future

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  • Benjamin Stern

  • April 14, 2026

  • 6 min

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From Empiricism to Simulation: A New Era in Cataract Surgery Planning

  • by Benjamin Stern

  • April 14, 2026

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