Glare

Mesopic visual acuity, photopic and mesopic contrast sensitivity, and disability glare index appeared to be significant predictors of night-driving visual difficulties, according to a study published in the Journal of Optometry.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Hawaiian Eye 2021, Sheri Rowen, MD, discusses outcomes and satisfaction in patients who received the Vivity (Alcon) extended range of vision IOL.

WAILEA, Hawaii — The AcrySof IQ Vivity IOL features less glare and fewer halos with “significantly fewer complaints” than previously studied multifocal IOLs, according to a speaker at Hawaiian Eye 2021.

Pupil reconstruction is an essential aspect to prevent photophobia and filter the amount of light that is needed in cases with traumatic mydriasis and atonic pupils. Surgical repair is of substantial benefit as it has the potential to reduce visual glare and light sensitivity.

LAS VEGAS – The use of aberrometry can provide peace of mind when patients do not see 20/20, according to a speaker here at Vision Expo West.

LASIK has been a successful procedure now for many years. The basic steps of the procedure, including a femtosecond lamellar flap and excimer laser ablation, are well understood. However, there is still a lot of confusion out there among patients — and, frankly, clinicians — about the terminology we use to describe the various LASIK platforms currently in use around the world.

In the cover story of this issue of Ocular Surgery News, we explore the value of OCT scanning in preoperative cataract surgery evaluation. Indeed a useful tool, OCT allows us to see subclinical epiretinal membranes and other disease that can foil our expected surgical outcomes.

The cover story in this issue of Ocular Surgery News explores a promising new breed of accommodating lenses that are likely to drive excitement in refractive cataract surgery. They face a challenge to widespread use, though, because across the U.S. only about 12% of cataract patients receive a premium IOL.

Detection of pedestrians and negative effects of headlight glare are not improved by wearing yellow lens glasses while driving at night.

Despite decades of trying to optimize results and despite the many advances in IOL technology, achieving optimal refractive outcomes and meeting patient expectations with cataract surgery are still challenges. Results are subject to many variables, and looking at statistics, only about half of patients are within the high satisfaction range of achieving 0.5 D of emmetropia and 0.5 D or less of astigmatism.