In this week’s issue of Ocular Surgery News, experienced cataract and refractive surgeon Y. Ralph Chu, MD, (Bloomington, MN) encourages fellow eye surgeons to learn more about the latest premium intraocular lens (IOL) technology and assess their own capabilities for offering multifocal IOLs and other premium lens implants to their patients who are seeking cataract surgery and/or presbyopia correction surgery.
News Archive for October, 2009
Eye surgeons discuss benefits and use of premium IOLs
October 26, 2009Intrastromal corneal ring segments provide long-term relief from keratoconus
October 5, 2009Researchers in Brazil have found that implantation of intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) in eyes with keratoconus appears to stabilize the disease. Keratoconic eyes receiving the implantable corneal rings demonstrated improved visual acuity and stable corneal flattening throughout the study’s five-year follow-up period.
Presbia’s Flexivue corneal implant – A new treatment for presbyopia
October 2, 2009Presbia Coöperatief U.A. (Amsterdam) introduced its new Flexivue System for implantation of a small corneal inlay to correct presbyopia at the recent 2009 annual meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in Barcelona, Spain.