Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH (Munich, Germany)
unveiled the CustomLens femtosecond laser for
cataract and refractive surgery and the Supracor
excimer-based laser treatment for presbyopia at the
European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
(ESC…
Fully penetrating clear corneal incisions placed on the
steep axis during premium IOL implantation may
reduce astigmatism and result in better postoperative
UCVA, Jerre Minor Freeman, MD, of Memphis,
Tennessee, said during his presentation at the ESCRS…
CustomVue (Abbott Medical Optics Inc., [AMO],
Santa Ana, California) resulted in better visual results in
eyes with spherical and cylindrical refractive error compared
with conventional treatments, Caroline Buestel,
MD, of France, said in a presentatio…
What are the most important issues facing the subspecialty
of glaucoma today?First, we have to attract talented people to our specialty.
Second, we have to get past the conventional, century-old
approach to filtering su…
Optical CoherenceTomographyLindsey S. Folio, BSc; Gadi Wollstein, MD; andJoel S. Schuman, MDGlaucoma can be characterized as a slowly progressingoptic neuropathy that damages the retinalganglion cells (RGCs) and…
If you are a senior ophthalmologist considering retirement
in the next few years, you need to know a few
key things about selling your practice. In our 40 years
of advising physicians, including large numbers of
ophthalmologists, we at The Hea…