Spencer P. Thornton, MD, FACS

From Aug. 18 to Aug. 21, ophthalmologists from all over the world will meet in Durban, South Africa, for the 14th South African Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Congress. In addition, many congress attendees will take advantage of a safari to one of the premier game parks in South Africa.

Restoration of accommodation through the surgical correction of presbyopia has become the new frontier of refractive surgery. The baby-boom generation currently makes up more than 30% of the U.S. population, and it is estimated that new cases of symptomatic presbyopia – that is, cases that require reading glasses or bifocals – approach 3 million per year in the United States alone.