Refractive Error

Last fall, we discussed unique issues that face firearm hunters when they’re considering their best refractive target after cataract surgery. Today, we’ll cover a related topic: How to counsel a bowhunter about their ideal refractive target.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Wave-guided optics application technology may now help patients with keratoconus, according to a speaker at Optometry’s Meeting.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In a study presented at Kiawah Eye, instrument-based screening for amblyopia risk factors and refractive error showed different sensitivity levels depending on ethnicity or eye coloration.

Catch up on the top Healio Video Perspectives from this year’s Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

Ophthalmologists must work with oncologists to understand and mitigate ocular surface adverse events caused by oncologic therapeutics, according to a presentation at Real World Ophthalmology.

When a young patient presents with atypical refractive findings and an inability to see 20/20 in one eye, that eye is often labeled “amblyopic.”

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.

Myopia Awareness Week is May 13-19 and serves to bring awareness to the “significant problem” of myopia, the danger of which is often underestimated, according to Fuensanta A. Vera-Diaz, OD, PhD, FAAO.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO, discusses tolerance to refractive error with the Tecnis Odyssey IOL.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@ASCRS, Kevin J. Cady of OnPoint Vision provides an update on the AccuraSee intraocular pseudophakic contact lens.