Intraocular Lens

There are different types of corneal irregularities.

Many years ago, the only phakic IOL available in the U.S. for treatment of large degrees of myopia was a rigid claw lens that was clipped to the iris and positioned in the anterior chamber.

TAMPA, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Telling It Like It Is meeting, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, discusses the positive results that the IC-8 Apthera IOL has shown for corneal astigmatism in nondominant eyes.

It has been a joy to see the COVID pandemic coming to a close, with many of my colleagues and I going back to live meetings, sharing pearls, and making our personal and eye care practices flourish again.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Yari L. Mitchell, of AcuFocus, reports the limited commercial release of the IC-8 Apthera IOL in the United States.

When performing cataract surgery, our goal is to remove as much of the lens material as possible to prepare the capsular bag for implantation of the IOL.

Few visual impairments have as far a reach as presbyopia.

The final 2022 issue for the Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, and Glaucoma Surgery, which focuses on training and educating ophthalmic surgeons through video-based lessons, is now online.

Ophthalmologists have been searching for effective ways to address presbyopia for many decades, particularly with cataract surgery.

Refractive surgery has been a special interest since I helped the late George O. Waring III develop the study protocol for and served as a surgeon in the NEI-funded Prospective Evaluation of Radial Keratotomy study starting in 1979.