Refractive Surgery News

WASHINGTON — Vision-related quality of life and subjective vision satisfaction scores increased after bilateral wavefront-guided LASIK surgery, according to a paper presented here.

WASHINGTON — A patient who is a LASIK candidate is also a SMILE candidate, according to a speaker here.

WASHINGTON — Abnormal corneal shape and younger age pose the greatest risk for ectasia after LASIK, according to Steven Schallhorn, MD, who reported on an ongoing analysis of a large cohort of patients.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for the Lensar laser system with Streamline IV to include the creation of corneal pockets and flaps for corneal inlay procedures, according to a press release.

No significant differences in pain scores or presence of haze were seen in patients given two different concentrations of nepafenac ophthalmic suspension at two different frequencies after photorefractive keratectomy, according to a study.

Ryan Heckman, president and CEO of ICON Eyecare, was raised in Colorado on the Western Slope, where he grew up skiing.

Thirty years ago, on March 25, 1988, Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, performed the first laser vision correction procedure on a normal-sighted human eye in Louisiana.

BELGRADE, Serbia — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting, Vikentia Katsanevaki, MD, PhD, speaks about the importance of differentiating between infectious and noninfectious forms of keratitis after LASIK.

BELGRADE, Serbia — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting, Osama Ibrahim, MD, talks about his experience with more than 20,000 ReLEx SMILE procedures (Carl Zeiss Meditec), a comparative study between femtoLASIK and SMILE, and the combination of SMILE with corneal cross-linking.

BELGRADE, Serbia — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting, José Güell, MD, speaks about the importance of careful evaluation and treatment of the ocular surface before cataract and refractive procedures.