Refractive Surgery News

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, a corneal refractive surgeon at OCLI Vision, discussed a thulium laser-based presbyopia correction technique from her Philip M. Corboy, MD, Memorial Award Lecture here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Jennifer M. Loh, MD, of Loh Ophthalmology Associates, discusses the expanding array of presbyopia treatments available to surgeons, during Hawaiian Eye 2022.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Yari L. Mitchell, chief business development officer at AcuFocus, updates the approval process and progress for the IC-8 small aperture IOL.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2022, John Berdahl, MD, of Vance Thompson Vision in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, spoke about premium and toric IOLs in patients with glaucoma.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2022, Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, founder and medical director of Pepose Vision Institute in St. Louis, speaks about the use of presbyopia drops in pseudophakia.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — There is “no free lunch” when matching the right patient to the right IOL, Jack T. Holladay, MD, MSEE, FACS, said at Hawaiian Eye 2022.

With refractive cataract surgery, we have the ability to treat large degrees of refractive errors at the same time that we remove the cataract. We can treat a wide range of hyperopia, myopia and even astigmatism.

Enrollment is underway in two phase 2 clinical trials for dry eye disease and presbyopia, according to press releases from Glaukos.

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

An AI-based predictive tool helps selecting the most appropriate procedure for refractive surgery, minimizing the risk of postoperative ectasia.