Refractive Surgery News

Male sex, high myopia, higher central corneal thickness, lower K value, corneal haze, type of steroid used and length of therapy were associated with a higher risk of steroid-induced ocular hypertension after PRK surgery, a study showed.

Researchers found that eyes treated with LASIK had a better quality of vision than eyes treated with PRK 1 month after surgery, but vision quality normalized for both after the 1-month follow-up, according to a study in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.

The risk for microbial keratitis was similar between patients using contact lenses for 1 year compared with patients who had undergone LASIK, according to a study in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.

At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, Ocular Surgery News gathered a panel of international experts to discuss the current state of presbyopia correction.

The first small incision lenticule extraction procedures have been performed on U.S. Navy personnel in California, according to a Zeiss press release.

Patients undergoing surface ablation with a 1050-Hz excimer laser and special software experienced improved uncorrected distance visual acuity at 6 months postop.

A prospective study found that long-term changes in posterior maximum elevation do not occur after small incision lenticule extraction.

Presbyopia is the most common refractive error in the world, impacting about 40% of the population. All of us who are in the presbyopic age group appreciate the fact that it represents a significant functional disability.

LASIK offered patients better visual quality at 1 month postop compared with PRK, but the quality of vision was not significantly better at subsequent follow-up visits, according to a study.

Washington state law will require near-vision screening for schoolchildren in kindergarten and grades 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 as part of new legislation that goes into effect July 1 from chapter 32, Laws of 1971.