Refractive Surgery News

With more than 20 million procedures performed to date in the U.S., LASIK is still the most popular and most performed laser vision correction method, according to the Refractive Surgery Council.

A cover story on LASIK brings back a lot of memories for me.

Many patients seeking independence from glasses or contact lenses do not have a specific procedure in mind when coming in for their refractive consultation.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, Darrell E. White, MD, discusses why he switched to exclusively performing surface-only laser refractive surgery, which does not require making a flap.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Mahipal S. Sachdev, MD, overviews the positive results the Elita femtosecond laser demonstrated in the creation of LASIK flaps.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@ASCRS, Rajesh K. Rajpal, MD, discusses the Elita femtosecond laser from Johnson & Johnson Vision.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, William F. Wiley, MD, speaks about changes in the refractive surgery landscape.

Myopia, which affects more than 1 billion people worldwide, has become a major global vision concern, and the problem is only getting worse.

Post-LASIK ectasia, one of the most feared complications of LASIK, can be addressed early and efficiently by cross-linking the stromal bed under the LASIK flap.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Michael DeCourcey, MD, discusses his experience with the EVO ICL from STAAR Surgical.