Refractive Surgery

Considering recovery time, potential adverse effects, and future eye care needs can increase patient satisfaction.

CIME Cochair Neda Shamie, MD, gives an overview of presentations on Demodex blepharitis, LASIK, retina sessions, and more at this year's conference.

Arjan Hura, MD, gives an overview on a captivating retina panel and other enticing items at the CIME 2024 meeting.

A travel in time and across the world shows the development of refractive surgery and how eye care providers can play a part in the future of pre- and postoperative refractive surgery care.

The approval marks the first new steroid on the ophthalmic market in more than 15 years.

Addressing issues prior to referral will facilitate the referral process and enable more efficient care for your patient as well as maximize outcomes.

This new platform incorporates the SILK procedure, allowing surgeons to perform refractive correction on patients with myopia.

Oculis Holding AG announced, if approved, OCS-01 has the potential to become a new standard of care as the first once-daily, topical, preservative-free corticosteroid for treating inflammation and pain following ocular surgery.

Keratopigmentation technique offers therapeutic and cosmetic applications.

EverPatch is described by the company as the world's first non-degradable, synthetic tissue substitute for ophthalmic surgery.

Provide better, more cohesive patient care with comanagement.

In a presentation at the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting in San Diego, Erisa Yotsukura, MD, PhD, offered details of a study examining an IOL that transmits violet light and a second option that does not, and they believe this can affect differences in the choroidal thickness after cataract surgery.

New and returning special events and features on tap at annual meeting

The study found that pseudophakic children older at the time of surgery developed a glaucoma-related adverse event less frequently.

The aspheric, monofocal, single-piece C-loop IOL from Zeiss compensates for a range of spherical aberrations to minimize decentration and lens misalignments.

The researchers undertook a retrospective, comparative, consecutive case series of patients with endophthalmitis after open globe injury.

A look back on what happened in optometry during the week of March 20-March 24.

The pros and cons of LASIK, PRK, EVO, SMILE, and RLE/CLE.

Investigators evaluated and compared the long-term formation of posterior capsular opacification (PCO) and the rate of glistenings that developed between 2 hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs).

Smaller corneal incisions made during cataract surgery are linked with better visual outcomes and less frequent postoperative endophthalmitis.

Bausch + Lomb and Modulight announce the photodynamic laser for use with photodynamic therapy was approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization due to AMD.

Researchers found that the use of atropine drops after glaucoma surgery may impact vision and prolong rehabilitation time.

A look back on what's happened in optometry during the week of Jan. 14-Jan. 19.

Individuals often have questions about their candidacy for certain implants and how the various mechanisms of action work.

The research team retrospectively studied the long-term corneal endothelial cell changes and visual outcomes after this iris-fixated phakic IOL was explanted in patients with endothelial damage and investigated any potential predictors of endothelial injury.

A look back on what's happened in optometry during the week of Jan. 7-Jan. 12, 2023.

As demand for this lens grows, the need for expert refractive comanagement will expand as well.

Though rare, visual decreases can occur within 1 day postoperatively after phacoemulsification surgery.

Diagnosing and treating dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction can be the foundation for practice growth—and patient satisfaction.

Intact corneal tissue can be reused for preservation and reimplantation.