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Jun 15, 2009
The recently FDA-approved Tecnis Multifocal IOL (Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, CA) provides impressive visual outcomes and receives high marks from patients, according to clinical trials of the new presbyopia-correcting lens implant. 
Jun 12, 2009
Today's cataract patients want good vision at all distances after surgery, and surgeons are wise to embrace the notion that cataract surgery has become refractive surgery, says a prominent eye doctor. 
Jun 10, 2009
Using artificial tears for several weeks after LASIK can improve vision as well as reduce dry eye symptoms, says a prominent eye surgeon. Read what brand she recommends. 
Jun 8, 2009
Preliminary results of a study of U.S. Navy aviators receiving all-laser iLASIK treatment show 97 percent of eyes attain 20/20 or better uncorrected visual acuity the day after surgery and 100 percent see 20/20 or better one week after surgery. 
Jun 5, 2009
A retrospective review of more than 49,000 eyes that underwent laser vision correction at over 200 Optical Express locations in Europe finds wavefront-guided LASIK is safe, effective and preferred by patients. 
Jun 3, 2009
A prominent refractive surgeon reports the results of a comparison of outcomes produced by five different types of all-laser LASIK treatments. One brand of wavefront-guided LASIK came out on top. 
Jun 1, 2009
A recent study finds wavefront-guided LASIK induces fewer higher-order aberrations than a related customized laser vision correction procedure called wavefront-optimized LASIK. 
May 29, 2009
A new study finds wavefront-guided PRK can improve vision in eyes that have previously undergone radial keratotomy (RK), a non-laser eye surgery used in the 1980s and early 1990s to correct myopia before the introduction of PRK and LASIK. 
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