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Recent news in refractive surgery
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Refractive surgery has been the focus of many recent studies ranging from how to make SMILE procedures more effective to measuring visual acuity improvements after treatment for keratoconus.
Here is a roundup of refractive surgery news from Healio.com/OSN:
1. Less laser energy improves lenticule surface during SMILE
A study published in the Journal of Refractive Surgery found that lowering the femtosecond laser energy level to less than 115 nJ during small incision lenticule extraction can improve the surface quality of the lenticule. Read more.
2. Visual acuity improvements maintained long term after three-step procedure for keratoconus
Patients with moderate to severe keratoconus who underwent a three-step procedure maintained visual acuity improvements at 2 years. Read more.
3. Higher-order aberrations increased after SMILE for myopia
Small incision lenticule extraction was associated with significant increases in higher-order aberrations in a cohort of patients undergoing the procedure for myopia. Read more.
4. Femtosecond laser, automated microkeratome both effective in LASIK for myopia
The VisuMax femtosecond laser and the Moria M2 automated microkeratome yielded similar safety and efficacy outcomes in LASIK treatment of myopia. Read more.
5. Correlations between risk factors and haze after PRK identified
A large cohort study investigating factors associated with the development of haze after PRK found significant correlations with hyperopia, high myopia and high astigmatism. Read more.