Refractive Surgery

Laser vision correction procedures totaled 190,509 in the fourth quarter of 2021, marking a 32% year-to-date increase over 2020, according to a press release from the Refractive Surgery Council.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — There is “no free lunch” when matching the right patient to the right IOL, Jack T. Holladay, MD, MSEE, FACS, said at Hawaiian Eye 2022.

IOL exchange and the benefits of SMILE procedures dominated refractive surgery news in December.

An AI-based predictive tool helps selecting the most appropriate procedure for refractive surgery, minimizing the risk of postoperative ectasia.

The top 2021 blogs from Healio/OSN contributors included strategies for dealing with unhappy patients and the possible next steps for Beovu.

This past year, my 16-year-old daughter and I have been working together to each earn our private pilot’s license.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Dan Reinstein, MD, discusses the results of his study on ICL (STAAR Surgical) sizing, investigating the use of the ArcScan device in ICL measurements.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Dan Reinstein, MD, discusses the results of a study investigating SMILE in nearly 4,000 eyes.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Brett H. Mueller II, DO, PhD, discusses how ArcScan has changed the way he sizes ICLs (STAAR Surgical) in clinical practice.

NEW ORLEANS — Artificial intelligence may be used as a refractive surgery diagnostic tool, according to a speaker at Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.