Radial Keratotomy

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Amar Agarwal, MS, FRCS, FRCOphth, shares his experience with pinhole pupilloplasty.

A cover story on LASIK brings back a lot of memories for me.

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.

The final 2021 issue of the Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, and Glaucoma Surgery, which advances the knowledge and surgical training of ophthalmic surgeons through video-based education, is now online.

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.

The Light Adjustable Lens performs well in post-RK eyes, with good results that remain relatively stable over time, according to one presenter.

In this video perspective from the virtual AAO annual meeting, Gabriel Quesada, MD, discusses his study investigating the safety and efficacy of small-aperture IOLs in cataract surgery in patients with previous bilateral radial keratotomy.

Prior laser blogs have talked about how I believe the technical capabilities of a femtosecond cataract laser can add to your tool set in different surgery cases. Specifically, I discussed how the Catalys laser from Johnson & Johnson Vision, with its impressive OCT imaging and super precise delivery of cornea and lens treatments, can decrease surgeon stress and help avoid complications. Case examples have included capsulotomy speed benefits, safety in white and exfoliation cataracts, use in post-radial keratotomy corneas, and benefits of intrastromal marks and arcuate incisions.