Upon graduation, she completed a residency in ocular disease and
refractive surgery.
Majority of patients (70%) were less than 31 years of age who were interested to get good vision without glasses and were not suitable for laser
refractive surgery. Mean age of patients was 26.8 years, fig-2.
It is very important as discussed by the worthy speakers about eye refractive errors; we will request council to start cataract and
refractive surgery fellowship programs, he assured.
Dr Arbelaez is a highly experienced ophthalmologist and surgeon with specialisation in corneal disorders and
refractive surgery. He graduated from Medical School in Colombia and specialised as an ophthalmologist at the prestigious Barraquer Clinic, founded by Jose Ignacio Barraquer, known as the founding father of
refractive surgery.
A 47-year-old Caucasian male attended for a consultation in view of having
refractive surgery. He was a full-time spectacle wearer since his teenage years and did not like the handling and comfort of contact lenses.
As the director of AEI's Cornea and
Refractive Surgery Service, Ang is a renowned Lasik surgeon who specializes in treating patients with nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and presbyopia (difficulty reading at close distances).
For instance, patients with thin corneas, dry eyes, and other abnormalities cannot undergo
refractive surgery. The study, which could lead to treatment for myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and irregular astigmatism, was published May 14 in Nature Photonics.
However, the change in sphericity caused by the ablation ofthe corneal surface in cases of
refractive surgery, makes this approach less accurate, given the greater differences in central and paracentral curvatures (2-4).
TERRY KIM, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Chief-Cornea and External Disease Division; Director-
Refractive Surgery Service, Duke
Such operations, which are also known as
refractive surgery or laser vision correction (LVC), correct eye problems such as short sight, long sight and astigmatism, using a laser to reshape the front of the eye, which improves the ability to focus.
Phakic intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, corneal
refractive surgery (small incision lenticule extraction and laser in situ keratomileusis), and refractive lens exchange are alternatives for the surgical treatment of high myopia [1].