Refractive Surgery News

In part one of Healio’s Lost Art of Refraction miniseries, Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, and Steven G. Safran, MD, discuss the importance of performing refraction.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Audrey R. Talley Rostov, MD, shares how to get good results with the EVO ICL from STAAR Surgical.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Steven C. Schallhorn, MD, was honored with the Philip M. Corboy, MD, Memorial Award and Lecture for Distinguished Service to Ophthalmology here at Hawaiian Eye 2024.

The FDA approved the VisuMax 800 femtosecond laser with SMILE pro software for the treatment of myopia with or without astigmatism, according to a press release from Carl Zeiss Meditec.

Long-term undiagnosed pigmentary dispersion syndrome can lead to visual disasters. Here, we hope to provide some guidelines for earlier diagnosis and treatment.

The FDA approved the Teneo excimer laser platform for LASIK vision correction surgery for myopia and myopic astigmatism, according to a press release from Bausch + Lomb.

NEW YORK — In a presentation at OSN New York, Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, discusses Epi-Bowman’s keratectomy with the Epi Clear device from Orca Surgical.

The top refractive surgery-related articles on Healio this year included a look at better targeting of LASIK candidates and an overview of key strategies to address uncorrected refractive error.

NEW YORK — In a presentation at OSN New York, Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, discusses small incision lenticule extraction and uses video footage to showcase the surgery.

SAN FRANCISCO — Active outreach, education and ensuring that spectacles are available at an affordable cost are key strategies to address the challenge of uncorrected refractive error globally, according to a speaker.