Refractive Surgery News

NEW YORK — New presbyopia correcting technologies have allowed physicians to customize treatment plans specific to their patients, according to a speaker here.

NEW YORK — Refractive results and corneal integrity with small incision lenticule extraction are on par with those of LASIK, according to speaker here who recounted his experience with the minimally invasive procedure.

NEW YORK ― At OSN New York 2017, Darrell E. White, MD, shares pearls for diagnosing and treating dry eye and optimizing the ocular surface to achieve ideal visual outcomes in cataract surgery.

NEW YORK ― At OSN New York 2017, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, shares surgical pearls on the implantation of the Kamra inlay (AcuFocus) and the high patient satisfaction he has observed with it and the Raindrop inlay (ReVision Optics).

NEW YORK — Careful patient selection and proper surgical techniques can help hydrogel inlays improve outcomes for the correction of presbyopia, according to a speaker here.

NEW YORK — Surgeons should avoid performing corneal refractive surgery on patients who are at high risk for developing ectasia and those with corneal abnormalities, according to a speaker here.

NEW YORK — Both intrastromal and penetrating femtosecond incisions can be more precise, better centered and provide a higher percentage of patients with less than 0.5 D of manifest refractive astigmatism postoperatively when compared with their preoperative astigmatism, a speaker said here.

NEW YORK ― At OSN New York 2017, Priyanka Sood, MD, shares pearls for optimizing visual outcomes with the Raindrop hydrogel corneal inlay (ReVision Optics) for the correction of presbyopia, such as the use of mitomycin C intraoperatively to reduce haze.

Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, shares an invitation to enroll in his online course on Clinical Methodology in Refractive, Cataract and Corneal Surgery. The course, which was successfully run in the previous 2 academic years, is structured in six modules, for a total of 250 teaching hours online. New subscriptions are taken each month for the following month. For more information and registration, go to www.refractivesurgeryonlinecourse.com.

NEW YORK — At OSN New York 2017, Jennifer M. Loh, MD, shares tips for clinical management of patients who are unhappy with their presbyopia-correcting IOL results. The two main causes of unhappy patients are dry eye disease and refractive error, which can be identified and treated, she said.