Refractive Surgery News

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Mohamed Hosny, MD, PhD, speaks about advances in excimer corneal refractive surgery, in particular premium ablation profiles using ray-tracing technology.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Magda Rau, MD, presents the results of bilateral implantation of the small-aperture IC-8 IOL (AcuFocus), an interesting option for presbyopia that allows patients to achieve spectacle independence without the drawback of photic phenomena.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — ReLEx SMILE Xtra, which adds corneal cross-linking to the refractive procedure to strengthen the cornea, appears to be an effective strategy in corneas at risk for ectasia, according to a study performed in a high-volume refractive surgery center.

Bilateral implantation of small-aperture IOLs can be a successful strategy for presbyopia correction, according to a study.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — A new ablation algorithm for transepithelial PRK effectively reduces haze formation and allows for the correction of even high myopia and myopic astigmatism without the use of mitomycin C, according to a study.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discusses methods of communicating with patients about presbyopia correction in cataract surgery.

The first patient has been implanted in an investigational clinical study of STAAR Surgical’s EVO ICL family of lenses, according to a press release.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Low-energy SMILE procedures resulted in similar visual acuity and higher-order aberrations at 1 day and 1 month postoperatively when compared with LASIK procedures in a retrospective study, according to a speaker here.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Patients who received the newly approved PanOptix trifocal lens reported high levels of satisfaction with the technology, according to a speaker here.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, William B. Trattler, MD, discusses which patients are best for arcuate incisions for correcting astigmatism in cataract surgery, as well as which patients are not good candidates.