This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.
‘Custom ablation will start the wave,’ surgeon says
Click Here to Manage Email Alerts
ORLANDO, Fla. — Daniel Durrie, MD, said that wavefront-guided laser refractive surgery is only the beginning of new technologies that will “drive our understanding of the optics of the eye.”
Dr. Durrie delivered the Barraquer Lecture during the International Society of Refractive Surgery meeting here.
“We are entering the era of quality of vision, not just quantity,” he said.
“A perfect wavefront is a simple mathematical shape,” Dr. Durrie explained. “Spherical aberrations and coma are distortions we all have. These wavefront machines are quite good; they find the problem.”
Dr. Durrie asked the audience, “Why should I think about customized ablation when conventional LASIK works so well?” He explained that with wavefront-guided laser correction, studies have found that patients have improvements in night vision, overall vision, glare, halos and night driving.
Dr. Durrie explained that wavefront-guided laser technology is paving the way for wavefront-guided contact lenses and wavefront-adjusted IOLs.
“I’m challenging industry not to think in a phoropter world,” he said.
The Barraquer Lecture, named for the late refractive pioneer Jose Barraquer, MD, recognizes excellence in the field of refractive surgery.