Refractive Surgery News

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Manjool Shah, MD, discusses his experience as well as reports from other surgeons on their use of the Xen implant (Allergan) at 1 year for the treatment of refractory glaucoma.

Transepithelial PRK with application of mitomycin C can treat refractive instability after radial keratotomy, according to a study.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth, discusses how single-pass four-throw pupilloplasty can be effective in high astigmatism cases by creating a pinhole effect in the pupil.

HONOLULU — A subset of patients treated for presbyopia with scleral implants experienced a clinically significant improvement in near visual acuity, according to a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting here.

HONOLULU — Visual function and satisfaction were better in patients targeted for micromonovision with implantation of an extended depth of focus IOL than in patients targeted for emmetropia with the same lens or targeted for emmetropia with a diffractive multifocal lens, according to a poster presented here.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Arun C. Gulani, MD, discusses his CLEAR concept for refractive surgery, which employs all anterior segment, lenticular and corneal techniques and technologies to bring patients to 20/15 vision.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Noel A. Alpins, MD, discusses astigmatism correction using CorT and vector planning to achieve the “perfect laser treatment.”

WASHINGTON — For patients with highly aberrated corneas due to pellucid marginal degeneration, penetrating keratoplasty or previous refractive surgery, toric lenses can have optimal results, according to a speaker here.

WASHINGTON ― At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting here, Frank A. Bucci Jr., MD, discusses a study comparing patient satisfaction with a bilateral +4.0 multifocal IOL vs. a bilateral +3.5 multifocal IOL.

WASHINGTON — Patients who received a Kamra inlay for presbyopia correction after previous refractive surgery were happy with the outcomes, according to a speaker here.