Refractive Surgery News

In this Healio Video Perspective from the virtual ARVO meeting, Aixa Alarcon, PhD, discusses a poster presentation comparing different refractive technologies intended to increase depth of focus.

A novel bilateral LASIK technique based on modulation of spherical aberration showed efficacy as a treatment for presbyopic hyperopia in a study.

In this video, Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, discusses research on new indications for the use of phentolamine for the rapid reversal of mydriasis after ocular examination and for the reduction of nocturnal visual disturbances.

A look at Demodex blepharitis and an FDA approval led ophthalmology news in the first week of April.

In this video, Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, discusses new research on the latest generation of accommodating IOLs in development and their possibly improved visual results following capsular bag wound healing changes postoperatively.

Contraindications for refractive surgery and FDA news led Healio/OSN’s coverage in the beginning of March.

In Canada, we have gained access to several new IOLs in recent months that help to round out our slate of lens offerings for patients in both the monofocal and presbyopia-correcting categories.

New extended depth of focus IOLs are becoming increasingly popular because they satisfy the need for clear intermediate vision, according to Pavel Stodulka, MD, PhD.

A study investigating the outcomes of LASIK and PRK in women who underwent refractive surgery while unaware of their pregnancy found significantly worse results compared with those who were not pregnant.

Even though small incision lenticule extraction is deemed a safe, effective and reliable procedure in patients older than 40 years, outcomes may not be as good as in the younger population, according to a study.