Refractive Surgery News

Binocularly implanted extended range of vision IOLs provide “excellent” stereoacuity at distance and near and a high quality of vision, according to a study.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — At the Kiawah Eye meeting here, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, envisions that refractive surgeons will have more than 30 surgical solutions for presbyopia in the next 5 to 10 years.

Here are the top five stories on Healio.com/OSN last week:

From new drugs to new indications for existing drugs, the FDA has approved multiple products in the ophthalmology sphere in the first half of 2019.

The FDA has approved a PRK pivotal clinical study from EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, according to a press release.

ROME — Patient selection for presbyopia-correcting lenses is easier nowadays with trifocal and extended depth of focus lenses, according to Hiroko Bissen-Miyajima, MD, PhD, Antonio Scarpa SOI Medal Lecturer at the OSN Italy meeting.

ROME — The Visian ICL with KS-AquaPORT is a safe and reversible option that produces better visual outcomes than corneal refractive surgery, according to developer Kimiya Shimizu, MD, PhD.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — At the Kiawah Eye meeting here, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, predicts that within 5 years more than 30 presbyopia-correcting options will be available to refractive surgeons.

ROME — At the OSN Italy meeting, Magda Rau, MD, speaks about laser scleral microporation, a technique that restores accommodative efficiency by improving scleral response to the movements of the ciliary muscles.

ROME — After positive and negative experiences with refractive and diffractive multifocal IOLs over several years, selection has become simpler with the new generation of trifocal and extended depth of focus lenses. They are used more frequently and indications are expanding, according to Hiroko Bissen-Miyajima, MD, PhD, 2019 Antonio Scarpa SOI Medal Lecturer at the OSN Italy meeting.