William L. Soscia, MD

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, William L. Soscia, MD, discusses a study that investigated the implant combination of the Tecnis Symfony OptiBlue IOL and the Tecnis Synergy IOL.

As a resident in ophthalmology with both a great personal and professional interest in refractive surgery, the idea of using PMMA intrastromal corneal ring segments intrigued me when I first read about them 3 years ago. As a graduate of West Point and a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, I am by necessity a student of military history. Reading about these PMMA intrastromal corneal ring segments re minded me of the story of how Harold Ridley chose the material for the first IOL. He decided to use PMMA after he realized that this airplane canopy material remained inert in the corneas of World War II pilots of the Royal Airforce. If refractive surgery, instead of cataract surgery, was on the mind of Dr. Ridley, perhaps Intacs (KeraVision, Fremont, Calif.) would have been developed and approved for use decades ago.