Refractive Surgery

A standardized three-stage LASIK flap replacement protocol demonstrated a low incidence of clinically visible microfolds and no visually significant microfolds, according to a study.

The year’s second issue of the Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, and Glaucoma Surgery, which provides high-quality video-based education for anterior segment surgeons, is now online.

Looking back at the evolution of LASIK since the early 1990s, we see an incredibly safe procedure that has effectively liberated more than 20 million people from corrective lenses, enhancing their lives and improving their appearance.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, Darrell E. White, MD, discusses why he switched to exclusively performing surface-only laser refractive surgery, which does not require making a flap.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Mahipal S. Sachdev, MD, overviews the positive results the Elita femtosecond laser demonstrated in the creation of LASIK flaps.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@ASCRS, Rajesh K. Rajpal, MD, discusses the Elita femtosecond laser from Johnson & Johnson Vision.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, William F. Wiley, MD, speaks about changes in the refractive surgery landscape.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Michael DeCourcey, MD, discusses his experience with the EVO ICL from STAAR Surgical.

A study comparing PRK and SMILE in eyes with myopic astigmatism showed better results in spherical equivalent and cylinder correction with PRK but less discomfort and faster visual recovery with SMILE.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Robert T. Lin, MD, shares his practice’s experience with more than 17,000 SMILE procedures performed over the past 4 years.