Browse articles from EyeWorld.org related to LASIK. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
In a symposium at the 2023 ASCRS Annual Meeting, six cases with irregular corneas were presented and the panel was challenged to answer what would they do. This article gives an overview of those cases.
Monday on the Main Stage at the ASCRS Annual Meeting featured the Charles D. Kelman, MD, Innovator’s Lecture, by William Link, PhD, and several other presentations on innovations from Sergio Canabrava, MD, Mark Lobanoff, MD, Richard Lewis, MD, Forrest Ellis, MD, and Elizabeth Yeu, MD.
When a patient is scheduled for LASIK, they have high expectations for that postop day 1 “wow” factor that LASIK provides, said Ella Faktorovich, MD. However, in the years following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Faktorovich noticed increased frequency of epithelial loosening during LASIK flap lift.
➤ Results from Phase 2a study evaluating glaucoma drop ➤ Enrollment complete for epi-on crosslinking trial ➤ Phase 2 clinical trial begins for investigational dry eye drop ➤ Enrollment complete for Phase 2 study to evaluate diabetic retinopathy treatment ➤ Phase 2b trial for wet AMD treatment begins enrollment ➤ ASCRS news and events
➤ Patient enrollment complete for sustained release AMD therapy trial ➤ First patient dosed with corneal endothelial cell substitute ➤ First patient dosed in RNAi therapy for wet and dry AMD ➤ Study: early signs of corneal graft rejection reversed with steroid nanoparticle ➤ Company announces anti-VEGF market tracker ➤ ASCRS news and events
The FDA issued draft guidance for LASIK patient labeling recommendations in July 2022 that ASCRS and refractive surgeons consider “highly biased and misleading to potential patients.” During the FDA’s comment period, ASCRS submitted these and more specific comments. Last week, the New York Times, CBS, local news outlets, and trade publications picked up the story, but ophthalmologists say most coverage does not convey the whole story.
The Moran Eye Center residents reviewed “Effect of time since primary laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis on flap relift success and epithelial ingrowth risk” from the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
➤ State of the union on laser vision correction ➤ Practical insights on MIGS ➤ Glaucoma pipeline therapies and alternative therapeutics ➤ Future of refractive cataract surgery ➤ American Glaucoma Society Subspecialty Day Lecture ➤ Presbyopia correction with refractive IOLs
“Despite having some of the most advanced technologies available, sometimes complications happen.” EyeWorld Chief Medical Editor Eric Donnenfeld, MD, introduces the issue, which has a running theme of complicated cases.
LASIK was established by the PROWL studies as safe and effective, with a high level of satisfaction, but there are patients who are unhappy with their outcomes, though rarely. Why this happens and how to best manage these patients is what three surgeons shared with EyeWorld.