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January 03, 2022
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IOL exchange, SMILE lead December refractive surgery news

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IOL exchange and the benefits of SMILE procedures dominated refractive surgery news in December.

Check out the recent top-performing items focusing on refractive surgery on Healio/OSN.

IOL exchange all about setting patient expectations, determining plan of action

With modern calculations and state-of-the-art lenses, IOL exchange is not regularly needed.

According to Healio/OSN Section Editor Uday Devgan, MD, it is downright rare, at least in his practice. Read more.

VIDEO: 95% of eyes reach 20/20 uncorrected best visual acuity after SMILE

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Dan Reinstein, MD, discusses the results of a study investigating SMILE in nearly 4,000 eyes. Watch here.

SMILE treats residual refractive error after cataract surgery

SMILE proved effective in correcting residual myopia and myopic astigmatism in pseudophakic eyes, leading to significant visual acuity gain. Read more.

What IOLs do you most commonly implant during an exchange?

The question needs to be qualified a little bit to explain why we are doing the IOL exchange in the first place. Read more.

Refractive cataract surgery will continue to grow, benefiting society

At this year’s American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, I was asked by the International Society of Refractive Surgery to give a keynote lecture on refractive cataract surgery. Read more.