Browse articles from EyeWorld.org from the refractive archives. 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.
Karolinne Rocha, MD, PhD, shared what readers can expect in this issue’s Refractive section and encouraged all to attend Refractive Day at the ASCRS Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
Patients who opt for an advanced-technology IOL tend to have higher expectations for their postop vision, and as such, most surgeons proficient with these lenses are prepared to provide enhancements. So while some level of enhancements are expected, what is an “acceptable” rate? Two surgeons discussed the topic.
ASCRS Subspecialty Day will take place on Friday, April 25, ahead of the official kickoff of the main 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting. This year, attendees can expect exciting programs focusing on refractive, cornea, and glaucoma topics. The program chairs discussed what they’re looking forward to.
What’s the latest tool in the refractive surgeon’s toolbox? As with many fields from marketing to medicine, it’s artificial intelligence (AI). Several surgeons discussed how AI is impacting refractive surgery, as well as some other areas of the anterior segment.
With expanding options in refractive surgery for patients at different ages, many physicians are seeing an uptick in refractive lens exchange (RLE). Three physicians discussed their experience with RLE, including considerations when explaining this option to patients.
“In this issue, we look back on tried methodologies that are experiencing rapid growth and innovation, diving into the areas of corneal crosslinking, refractive lens exchange, and—you may have guessed it—artificial intelligence (AI),” said Karolinne Rocha, MD, PhD, in her introduction to the Refractive section.
With new techniques in (or having recently completed) Phase 3 clinical trials to potentially move crosslinking to the next stage in the U.S., EyeWorld spoke with specialists to look back at where keratoconus monitoring and treatment was, where it is now, and what could be coming.
Three physicians discussed measuring and quantifying higher order aberrations (HOAs), their impact on IOL selection for cataract surgery, procedure and candidate selection for corneal refractive surgery, and some of their eccentricities.
A recent study explored the influence of angle kappa on multifocal IOL outcomes. Two of the researchers shared with EyeWorld the motivation behind this study, what was discovered, and what this means for future research.
Refractive Editor Karolinne Maia Rocha, MD, PhD, previewed the articles in the section and shared a case where she knocked down a patient hurdle by using the data provided by corneal tomography and wavefront analysis.
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