Updated Dell questionnaire takes a closer look at patients visual needs

Not too many years ago, there was a clear separation between refractive surgery and cataract surgery. Refractive surgery was limited to modification of the cornea, while successful cataract surgery was typically followed by a new bifocal glasses prescription. Early pioneers such as Robert Osher began advocating combining astigmatic keratotomy with cataract surgery to reduce spectacle independence in the mid-1980s, but this was not widely adopted at that time. It took many years for the combination of improved biometry, modern IOL formulae, small-incision surgery, astigmatic keratotomy and toric IOLs to allow (Read more...)

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