BOSTON — Refractive lens exchange technology has reached the point where patients are taking notice, making it the latest wave in refractive surgery, according to a speaker here.
In the Steinert Lecture at Refractive Day at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS, said there have been two major waves in refractive surgery that drove patient excitement: incisional keratotomy and LASIK. Patients knew about these procedures, and a lot of people had them done.
He said lens-based refractive surgery, whether ICLs (STAAR Surgical) (Read more...)