Use least invasive option possible when treating residual refractive error

When managing residual refractive error, physicians should treat the source of the problem and use the least invasive intervention possible, according to a speaker at the Real World Ophthalmology meeting.
“Find the cause and treat it if it is possible,” Elizabeth Yeu, MD, FACS, said. “If it’s an ocular surface issue or if it’s a toric IOL malrotation, those are easier ones to kind of get managed vs. having to do a refractive error correction, enhancement or exchange, and I always start with the least invasive intervention possible.”
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