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NEW ORLEANS — Wavefront-guided LASIK resulted in improved distance vision with a lower incidence of adverse effects than for long-term contact lens wear, according to a study presented here.“LASIK is arguably safer than long-term contact lens wear, with an almost three times advantage in terms of ocular discomfort and better levels of 20/16 vision, with no long-term differences in glare, halos, starbursts or dry eye symptoms,” Steven J. Dell, MD, said at the American Society of Cataract Surgery meeting.

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NEW ORLEANS — Patients who underwent cataract surgery with bilateral multifocal and bilateral accommodating IOLs reported high satisfaction, according to a study presented here. “Patients in both groups were very satisfied with the vision they have. They have gotten used to it at 5 years and felt that this was a good fit for them,” John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, said at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.

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NEW ORLEANS — At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Savak “Sev” Teymoorian, MD, MBA, discusses products in the pipeline that will enable better compliance in patients who need long-term glaucoma medication.

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NEW ORLEANS — At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, takes a real-world look at using Omidria, the 1% phenylephrine/0.3% ketorolac formulation from Omeros, during cataract surgery. Use of Omidria resulted in faster and safer surgery with fewer complications and better visual outcomes than when Omidria was not used, he said.

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NEW ORLEANS — At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Malik Y. Kahook, MD, discusses the synergistic symposia that take place at both the American Glaucoma Society meeting and the ASCRS meeting, and gives his perspective on one of the presentations that gave practical information on decreasing anterior synechiae in patients with narrow angle glaucoma.

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NEW ORLEANS — Patients with keratoconus and corneal ectasia who underwent epi-on cross-linking achieved favorable visual results, according to a speaker here. “We know now [that the epi-on procedure] is effective, produces less pain, provides a much more rapid visual recovery, increases best spectacle corrected visual acuity – which is equivalent to or perhaps better than reported epi-off results – and there’s a much less likelihood of complications with this technique than the classical Dresden technique,” R. Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD, said during the Binkhorst Lecture at the American Society (Read more...)