Cataract & Refractive

Surgeons can now consider new treatment possibilities for patients that otherwise would have had limited options

Ophthalmic viscosurgical devices are designed to facilitate safety and control during phacoemulsification. But not all OVDs are created equal...

2009 heralded more interesting developments for ophthalmology. OTEurope asked some of Europe's leading key opinion leaders for their thoughts on the news and developments that generated most excitement or had most significance in the Cataract & Refractive sector

A procedure that uses microwaves to alter corneal refraction may be alternative to LASIK in myopia patients

Optic design modification enhances vision performance without degrading contrast sensitivity

Nowadays ophthalmic surgeons have several treatment options for astigmatism. In Dr Detlef Holland's refractive department toric IOL and LASIK are the main options used.

Tips and techniquess for cataract and refractive success: The dry eye connection.

More than 150 participants from 27 countries attended this year's SCHWIND User Meeting in Muscat, Oman.

A comparative evaluation of local anaesthesia for cataract surgery, published in The Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery says that randomized clinical trials are needed to facilitate statistical methods of metaanalysis to establish convincingly the overall benefits and efficacy of the various local anesthesia procedures in cataract surgery.

Crystalens AO is the first aberration-free accommodating IOL

Dr Bobby Qureshi, the first surgeon in the UK to carry out implant surgery using light adjustable lenses, he talks to OTEurope about the procedure

2009 heralded more interesting developments for ophthalmology. OTEurope asked some of Europe's leading key opinion leaders for their thoughts on the news and developments that generated most excitement or had most significance in the Cataract & Refractive sector

Rayner Intraocular Lens Limited, has marked a milestone with a celebration to honour the 60th anniversary of the implantation of the first intraocular lens (IOL) in a patient. The late Sir Harold Ridley implanted the first IOL on 29 November 1949 at St. Thomas Hospital in London. Due to the controversial nature of the surgery, this first surgery was conducted in almost total secrecy.

In the December issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology Brandeis University researchers published a paper about the highly precise scleral lens, to treat severe cornea or ocular surface disease, the Boston Ocular Surface Prosthesis (BOS-P).

Performing surgery in unfamiliar surroundings.

A doctor's perspective on what influences IOL lens design.

Several manufacturers are developing femtosecond laser technology as a tool for multiple applications in cataract surgery. Three surgeons, who presented at this year's ESCRS Congress look at its uses and results.

A superior refractive corneal correction can be achieved by the preservation of corneal tissue as well as optimization of ablation profiles that are better adapted to human sight.

A new Tecnis intraocular lens harnesses the ease of implantation of a one-piece implant design and combines it with a glistening-free hydrophobic acrylic material for another next generation IOL.

An accommodating lens has the potential to provide functional vision at all distances in a seamless continuum and overcome dysphotopsias.

One surgeon's preference for an ophthalmic viscosurgical device of 1.6% sodium hyaluronate was reinforced by a study that found it superior to another OVD during phaco and OVD removal

Professor Mats Lundstrom, chairman of EUREQUO, talks to OTE about the project and its dissemination in Europe.

A proprietary phacoemulsification system featuring fluidics control software that allows automatic switching from longitudinal ultrasound to transversal on recognition of occulsion and back again to longitudinal on occlusion break.

A new bimanual capsulorhexis technique, suing a specially developed instrument allowing a tri-dimensional, sub 1mm capsulorhexis with improved maintenance of the anterior chamber.

In the second of a two-part article Dr David Tanzer says that in today's US Navy the preferred refractive procedure today is wavefront-guided LASIK with a thin flap made with a femtosecond laser.