Browse articles from EyeWorld.org related to refractive surgery. 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.
“Best practices, or our continued efforts to improve the safety, quality, and consistency of eyecare, improve patients’ quality of vision,” said Karolinne Rocha, MD, PhD. She gave an overview of the articles in the Refractive Surgery section of this issue in her introduction.
When performing a refractive procedure, the surgical experience doesn’t end when the surgery is over. Surgeons often have to follow up with patients and sometimes provide touch-ups. This article explored how to handle the refractive postop experience, how to manage patient expectations, and diagnostic tools to help them.
The cataract patient who has had prior refractive surgery requires extra considerations in terms of consultations/patient expectations, IOL selection, formulas, use of intraoperative technologies, and postoperative potential. Two experts provided their thoughts on the modern management of these cataract patients.
Two physicians who have studied and used light-blocking and light-filtering IOL technology in clinical practice discussed with EyeWorld the concepts behind blocking and filtering certain violet and blue light.
Over the last 20 years, refractive surgery has expanded beyond the cornea and to intraocular correction. There have been so many advancements on the diagnostic and procedural front that refractive surgery is truly its own subspecialty. Two ophthalmologists shared thoughts on and experiences with the recent advancements.
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.
➤ Topline data from Phase 3 presbyopia drop trial ➤ Femtosecond laser for LASIK receives FDA clearance ➤ Enrollment complete for hydrophobic trifocal IOL trial ➤ Early results from clinical trial for dry eye therapy ➤ FDA clears IND application for clinical trial of therapy for X-linked retinoschisis ➤ Innovations in capsulotomy creation device ➤ Company acquisition news ➤ ASCRS news and events
➤ First in-human, non-invasive femtosecond laser trabeculotomy data ➤ Special Protocol Assessment received for Phase 2b/3 trial for dry AMD treatment ➤ FDA gives clearance to IND for geographic atrophy treatment ➤ Positive preliminary data in trial for retinitis pigmentosa and Leber congenital amaurosis therapy ➤ Wet AMD treatment proceeds to Phase 2 trial ➤ ASCRS news and events
The options and strategies for mixing and matching IOLs have evolved over time. Two surgeons discussed their approaches for using different lenses to help give patients the best outcomes.
Image quality (IQ) is an emerging area of interest in the field of ophthalmology, and it all starts with what the patient’s image quality is at the outset, according to two physicians. They spoke about their preoperative IQ assessment and why they think this is so important.