Intraocular Lens

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Patients implanted with a diffractive extended depth of focus IOL containing a violet light filter showed satisfactory tolerance to induced astigmatism, according to a presenter at Kiawah Eye.

Health Canada approved the enVista Envy full visual range IOL, the first global approval for the lens, according to a press release from Bausch + Lomb.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Retina World Congress, Ashkan M. Abbey, MD, shares tips for performing sutureless intrascleral IOL fixation in eyes with poor capsular support.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, discusses 1-year data for the modular shape-changing OmniVu IOL system from Atia Vision.

As a resident more than 2 decades ago, I was taught by my attendings that the best refractive target for most patients was –0.5 D in order to achieve good uncorrected distance vision.

A 7-year-old Asian girl presented to the Tufts Pediatric Ophthalmology Department for a comprehensive eye examination after a failed vision screening with her pediatrician.

You know, I really thought that significant gains had been made in raising the awareness of both the prevalence of and the need to treat dry eye disease in the perioperative period for cataract and refractive surgeries.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

Toric monofocal IOLs resulted in better uncorrected distance visual acuity and lower postoperative cylinder compared with nontoric multifocal IOLs and were more effective than corneal relaxing incisions, according to a literature review.

SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, discusses the Tecnis Odyssey’s tolerance to refractive error.