LEWISTON — Dr. Kenneth P. Wolf, an ophthalmologist who has practiced in the area since 1973, published an article in the April 25 edition of Ocular Surgery News on the benefits of a more traditional technique for cataract removal.

Wolf, who has written two books on eye surgery and has performed more than 25,000 microsurgical procedures in his career, makes the case that a procedure called phacotrisection is simpler, poses less risk and is less expensive than an automated procedure also used to remove cataracts.

His research included reviewing and analyzing the results of his last 3,873 phacotrisection cases. Since he began offering cataract removal in 1974, Wolf has performed both procedures.  

Wolf is the author of multiple articles published in professional journals, has lectured nationally, is an invited guest faculty member aboard Project Orbis, a DC-10 flying eye hospital, has taught eye surgeons worldwide, is chief of ophthalmology at Central Maine Medical Center, clinical instructor of ophthalmology at the Central Maine Medical Center Family Practice Residency Program and a consulting eye surgeon at four other northern New England regional hospitals.

Ocular Surgery News is a leading, twice-monthly medical newspaper for ophthalmologists reporting on ophthalmology and scientific meetings.