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Byline: Hariprasad. Hebri, Ramya. Nayak, Roopashree. Rao Phakic intraocular lens (IOL) is an appropriate option for correction of refractive errors, especially when the refractive error is high and ablative procedures [...]

Topography-guided treatment for irregular corneas can improve patients' best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). Easy to plan and perform, the technique is supported by software to do the calculations. Irregular corneas can [...]

With the recent FDA approval of the EVO ICL family of lenses, American optometrists will start seeing many more patients implanted with this technology. This presents new opportunities for collaborative [...]

Interest in refractive surgery is booming again as the huge Millennial generation reaches their prime refractive surgery years. As Millennial patients, who are now age 25 to 40, come to [...]

The outcomes I see in our practice from the EVO ICL represent a tremendous step up from its predecessor, the Visian ICL. With the new EVO ICL, recently approved for [...]

ODs once feared this threat to their livelihoods, but its boom and bust left optometry smarter and stronger. Here, we look at the sentiment then and the reality today. Imagine [...]

Anyone who has read Malcolm Gladwell's book, The Tipping Point, is familiar with how a small change gains momentum to create a paradigm shift. Refractive surgeons in the United States [...]

When Henry Ford introduced the Model-T, he made the tongue-in-cheek comment, 'It comes in any color you want, as long as you want black.' Refractive surgery began that way too, [...]

New surgical technology and procedures make it a viable prospect for more patients than ever. Here's an overview of the latest approaches. The tremendous success of modern laser vision correction [...]

Ophthalmologists, specifically refractive surgeons, along with their patients, have enjoyed huge success with ablative (corneal tissue removal) procedures over the 30 years since Marguerite McDonald, MD, performed the first PRK [...]

INTRODUCTION Donald N. Serafano, MD Technology is racing toward tomorrow. Recently, a distinguished faculty met to share their insights on and experiences with emerging techniques for lens removal and replacement, [...]

We spend the majority of our careers making diagnoses on other people. But occasionally, we have to turn the tables and use our clinical acumen to diagnose personal medical situations. [...]

Las Vegas -- The BESSt formula allows pseudophaldc IOL power calculation in postrefractive surgery eyes without any prerefractive surgery data and is significantly more accurate than a variety of other [...]

Byline: Kulin. Kothari, Prakash. Nayak, Bijal. Mehta We report a case of a bilateral posterior chamber implantable collamer lens (ICL) implantation post-clear lens extraction, to reduce the residual hyperopia, in [...]

Byline: Anil. Kubaloglu, Esin. Sari, Arif. Koytak, Yasin. Cinar, Kazim. Erol, Yusuf. Ozertürk Aim: The aim was to evaluate visual and refractive results and complications of intraocular lens (IOL) exchange [...]

AN INTEGRATED IOL formula (HOLOS Barrett Intraocular Lens Formula) is the centerpiece of a set of recent upgrades to an intraoperative wavefront aberrometer (HOLOS IntraOp, Clarity Medical Systems). IOL power [...]

Reviewed by Jack T. Holladay, MD, MSEE, FACS New Orleans -- 'What is quality of human vision? And what should we be looking for when we assess it?' asked Jack [...]

London -- The level of control a surgeon has today over customizing laser treatments for refractive surgery patients is very limited. Basically, surgeons are limited to control over the size [...]

Reviewed by Robert T. Lin, MD San Francisco -- Refractive surgeons using the MK-2000 (Nidek) microkeratome can expect to achieve high-quality flaps whether using the manufacturer's own or another's blade, [...]

Reviewed by Ioannis G. Pallikaris, MD, PhD San Francisco -- Refractive surgery continues to evolve as researchers strive to achieve better quality of vision for patients, said Ioannis G. Pallikaris, [...]

Reviewed by George O. Waring III, MD, and Ernest W. Kornmehl, MD Atlanta -- When performing aphakic IOL calculations in eyes that have undergone corneal refractive surgery, contact lens over-refraction [...]

Reviewed by Douglas D. Koch, MD Orlando--Correction of hyperopia promises to be a very exciting area of refractive surgery in the future, said Douglas D. Koch, MD, at 'Back to [...]

Reviewed by Thomas Kohnen, MD Orlando -- Refractive surgeons need to understand that the procedures they perform and their potential complications can adversely affect quality of vision, said Thomas Kohnen, [...]

Reviewed by M. Edward Wilson, MD Pediatric refractive surgery is a pro-cedure whose time has come for a small group of children, but should not be considered the panacea for [...]

Reviewed by Warren E. Hill, MD Mesa, AZ -- A study of the refractive performance of two IOL styles, namely, a three-piece acrylic IOL (MA60BM, Alcon, Fort Worth, TX) with [...]

Piggyback placement of an IOL can represent a successful strategy for correction of residual refractive error either during the same operation as initial cataract or lens extraction and IOL insertion [...]

Baltimore -- Refractive surgery may be appropriate in children with bilateral high ametropia or severe anisometropia, but it is not indicated in most children, according to Yassine J. Daoud, MD. [...]

Given the advances in refractive surgery and in the technology for intraocular lenses (IOLs), the ability to improve a patient's vision has increased dramatically. Patient expectations, however, have increased concomitantly. [...]

Las Vegas -- Identification and pretreatment of allergy patients can improve refractive surgical outcomes, said Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD, at a continuing medical education symposium at the American Academy of [...]

There's no escaping the fact that elective refractive surgery procedures such as LASIK and cataract surgery with presbyopic lens implant are expensive and that the cost, as well as trepidation [...]

Miami -- Medical errors in refractive surgery can be avoided by engaging in a fastidious checking and rechecking of the patient, the site, and the chart before entering the surgical [...]

SAN ANTONIO :: REFRACTIVE SURGERY IS A SAFE method for correcting refractive error, according to a retrospective review of all cases of the surgery performed over a 7-year period at [...]

Chicago -- Numerous techniques have been introduced into the refractive arena in the past 30 years--some of which have been disappointments, and some have been successes. New techniques and the [...]

Charleston, SC -- There is no ideal method for calculating effective corneal power in eyes with a history of corneal refractive surgery, said Helga E Sandoval, MD, MSCR, of the [...]

San Diego -- Results of a retrospective study focusing on patient-reported outcomes demonstrate that implantation of an accommodating IOL (crystalens model AT-45, eyeonics) reduces spectacle dependence and is associated with [...]

Las Vegas -- Refractive lens exchange (RLE) with a multifocal IOL is the refractive surgery procedure of choice for the presbyopic patient, said Francesco Carones, MD, at the refractive surgery [...]

San Diego -- An off-label use of the CustomCornea procedure (Alcon Laboratories) to re-treat symptomatic eyes of patients who had undergone a previous refractive procedure produces dramatic reductions in visual [...]