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The standard approach to contact lens correction of irregular astigmatism today and for the foreseeable future is to prescribe a non-flexing rigid gas permeable (GP) lens design, whether that be [...]

For these patients in particular, a one-size-fits-all approach just won't work. Here's how to handle several different kinds of patients in your chair. In the United States, around 30% of [...]

Correcting Presbyopia Using innovative IOL Technology Patient lifestyles and evolving technology are transforming the way we treat the growing population of presbyopic patients. Today's presbyopes live their lives differently than [...]

Approximately 4 million cataract procedures were performed in 2017--a number that will continue to grow. More than 70% of patients have more than 0.50D of preoperative astigmatism, which must be [...]

Contact lens wearers live and work in a range of environmental conditions that can impact their wearing experience. For many, including presbyopic astigmats, this includes hours of each day spent [...]

No one walks into Starbucks and says, 'Give me a cup of coffee.' You have to specify tall, grande or venti. You have to ask for room for cream or [...]

Advances in digital technology over the past few decades have fundamentally changed the way we live. Today, use of computers and other digital devices is an indispensable part of our [...]

Though there are many presbyopic astigmats eligible for contact lens wear, and many who would be interested in contact lenses, only about 20% of presbyopic astigmats aged 40 and older [...]

We have seen many changes in multifocal contact lenses in the past decade. Some forward-looking practitioners realize the growth potential with our aging population. Others avoid multifocal contact lenses due [...]

Toric soft lenses, once considered specialty lenses that were fit by only a small percentage of practitioners, have entered the mainstream. Cast molding technology has transformed soft torics from the [...]

Astigmatism is the most common visual error, and many astigmats are successfully fitted with contact lenses. However, toric lenses still are not as widely fitted as many believe they should [...]

Chances are that many of your presbyopic patients are long-time contact lens wearers, and even some who haven't been are still interested in wearing either bifocal or multifocal lenses. However, [...]

With the introduction of advanced technology intraocular lenses (ATIOLs) almost a decade ago, coupled with the increase in the aging baby boomer population, the demand for optimal quality and quantity [...]

Many patients--and practitioners, for that matter--still hold onto the belief that astigmats and soft contact lenses don't mix. But with the advent of new lens designs and materials, experts say [...]

My patients come to me with a wide variety of eye care issues. Whether I'm prescribing contact lenses or treating an eye-related medical issue, I believe it's important to care [...]

The range of parameters available in the Bausch + Lomb ULTRA[R] Multifocal for Astigmatism lenses--from +4.00 to -6.00D, two add powers, three cylinder powers, and around-the-clock astigmatism correction--is exciting for [...]

Keeping emerging presbyopes in contact lenses has historically been a major challenge for ECPs. There is an inverse relationship between increasing age and use of contact lenses, and, on average, [...]

The contact lens industry has seen an incredible number of advances over the last few years: from novel soft lens materials and optical designs to expanded parameters for correcting astigmatism [...]

Presbyopic astigmats, like presbyopes generally, are interested in contact lens wear. According to one survey, presbyopic astigmats who need multifocal correction express interest in trying multifocal contact lenses, with even [...]

Patients with astigmatism can also consider CooperVision's MyDay toric daily disposable contact lenses, which are designed to optimize oxygen permeability with a lens that is only 4.4% silicone, the company [...]

CK utilizes radio waves for correcting hyperopia and astigmatism. Conductive keratoplasty, or CK, is a procedure that utilizes radio frequency waves to shrink collagen for the correction of hyperopia or [...]

Specialty Ultra Vision developed the Specialty T-FRP monthly replacement soft toric lens to help you meet the growing demand among astigmatic patients for a disposable, planned replacement contact lens. The [...]

Bausch & Lomb introduces a new type of customer service with the advent of its "Toric Mark of Excellence," a service designed to assist you in correcting the vision of [...]

History A 31-year-old, black female presented for a second opinion regarding the treatment of uveitis in her right eye. The patient had been taking cyclopentolate 1% qd and prednisolone acetate [...]

These doctors show how patience and creativity can help the most challenging astigmatic patients. Today's soft toric lens designs are more reproducible, and there are more materials and wear modalities [...]

The Total Toric Solution from CooperVision is a complete system of products and services aimed at making treatment of astigmatic patients easier. Based on lifestyle and eye-care needs, the Total [...]

PATIENT CASE HISTORY A 32-year-old male who'd been wearing spherical RGP lenses for five years presented with increasingly blurred vision for the past six months. He was previously fit with [...]

David Crum, O.D., of Augusta, KS, follows a two-step formula when introducing today's toric contact lens options to his astigmatic patients, first explaining astigmatism in simple terms and then reviewing [...]

The FDA recently approved two excimer devices for treatment of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Here's the latest. * Summit cleared for myopia and hyperopia. The FDA OK'd Summit Technology's Apex [...]

This doctor's approach acknowledges there are more options than ever, and they're easier for you to fit, too. You're about to prescribe correction for a patient with 0.75D to 1.00D [...]

Paul DiFiore, O.D. independently operates three practices in New Jersey under the name "Optique Boutique. " He caters to an upscale clientele providing high-quality, name-brand frames and specialty contact lenses. [...]

Dr. Bergenske, a noted author and frequent lecturer, is in private practice specializing in contact lenses in Madison, Wis. Let's face it -- fitting astigmats with spherical lenses is the [...]

Imagine it's 1866, and John Green has just delivered one of the first distance test charts for astigmatism--the now familiar clock dial--to your office. Until the work of Franz C. [...]

History A 7-year-old Caucasian female, presented to my office for a comprehensive vision exam. She had a physical exam with her primary care physician the week before and failed the [...]

Q In light of the recent advances in laser correction of astigmatism, should I now recommend femtosecond laser-assisted treatment when my cataract patients with corneal astigmatism undergo cataract extraction with [...]

The Vistakon Division of. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., recently introduced 1-Day Acuvue Moist for Astigmatism. This new daily disposable toric soft contact lens for individuals with astigmatism is [...]

Q I have a patient with 3.00D of cylinder who is just about ready for cataract surgery. When do I talk to the patient about the possibility of a toric [...]

Q What should be in my differential diagnosis of recently induced astigmatism? A Consider this case for comparison: A 49-year-old white female came in for a routine eye examination at [...]

The first time I heard about astigmatism was when I was about nine years old. My teacher called my mother and told her, "Monty's blind." You can imagine how my [...]

Whether you are an extreme sports enthusiast, a weekend warrior or even a couch potato, chances are you expect crisp, clear and predictable vision during all your activities. The eye [...]

In my 20 years in the contact lens industry, I can still count on one hand the times when data around product performance has truly "wowed" me. But when I [...]

Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism contact lenses, from Vistakon, is the newest addition to the Ultra Comfort Series. The series includes Acuvue Advance with Hydraclear. This new lens features: * Hydraclear, [...]

Paragon Vision Sciences received FDA approval of its Pargon CRT contact lens for corneal refractive therapy. CRT lenses are worn overnight for corneal reshaping for the temporary reduction of myopia [...]

A 56-year-old male undergoes LASIK, only to find a year later that his vision never fully improved. A 73-year-old female undergoes corneal transplant surgery, but cannot achieve better than 20/70[+ [...]