Refractive Error
VIDEO: VisuMax 800 provides comfort, confidence when treating refractive error
BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Shamik Bafna, MD, discusses the VisuMax 800 femtosecond laser for the treatment of myopia with or without astigmatism.
Consider pros, cons of presbyopia eye drops
BOSTON — Eye drops are an “exciting” technology for presbyopia in the right candidates, but ophthalmologists must educate patients on their drawbacks, according to a speaker here.
WCO launches Competency Framework for Optometry
The World Council of Optometry has announced the launch of its Competency Framework for Optometry, a resource designed to define essential skills, knowledge and abilities for the profession and streamline optometric education worldwide.
VIDEO: LIRIC offers noninvasive method to address refractive error
FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Kevin L. Waltz, OD, MD, speaks about laser-induced refractive index change, or LIRIC, a new way to create refractive effects.
Only 14% of US children that get eye exams are 7 years or younger
Children in the U.S. are not receiving timely management for refractive error or ocular conditions, according to research conducted by CooperVision and presented at the 2024 Global Specialty Lens Symposium.
BLOG: Re-treatment of keratoconus: A rarity?
Long-term observational studies have shown excellent efficacy of corneal collagen cross-linking, particularly for the epithelium-off procedure known as the “Dresden protocol.”
Refractive surgery roundup: Better targeting improves LASIK results
The top refractive surgery-related articles on Healio this year included a look at better targeting of LASIK candidates and an overview of key strategies to address uncorrected refractive error.
Data show progress in reducing global preventable blindness, but disparities remain
SAN FRANCISCO — Data provided by the Vision Loss Expert Group, an international, ophthalmic epidemiology reference group, shows an encouraging trend towards increased coverage of refractive error and cataract surgery globally.
Diffractive IOLs can be used after laser vision correction
SAN FRANCISCO — Multifocal diffractive lenses can be used with confidence in patients who have previously undergone laser vision correction, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
NaturalVue multifocal lenses slow axial elongation, refractive error change in children
Visioneering Technologies, which manufactures NaturalVue Multifocal 1 Day contact lenses, has released a new analysis of three independent studies that assessed the lenses over 2 years in children with myopia.