REFRACTIVE SURGERY FEATURES

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New developments at ESCRS
Mark Korolkiewicz reports on the latest technology trends aired at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery conference held recently in Stockholm 23 November 2007

Letter from America
Mark Korolkiewicz reports from this year's American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons' annual conference in San Diego25 May 2007

An optometrist's experience of Lasik
Optometrist Emma Firmager gives a first-hand account of undergoing refractive surgery and how it has helped her when advising patients about the procedure25 May 2007

The Centre for Sight
Emma White visits East Grinstead to discover how Sheraz Daya was motivated to establish a clinic for surgical correction of myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism back in 199602 February 2007

Trends in laser refractive surgery in the UK 2006
This year has been a less controversial one for the laser refractive surgery market, with more emphasis on new treatments and improved technology. Alison Ewbank reports on the findings of Optician's sixth annual survey of clinics in the UK and Ireland24 November 2006

Femtosecond comes of age
Against the backdrop of this year's European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeon's conference in London, Mark Korolkiewicz offers some forthright views about the state of the UK industry24 November 2006

Diary of a Lasek patient
Emma Wilson recalls her decision to consign her spectacles to the waste bin and opt for refractive surgery24 November 2006

Advent of conductive keratoplasty
CK is a fairly new non-laser refractive surgery technique that does not involve a lamellar cut or removal of corneal tissue. After a quiet entry onto the UK market, its success in the US has led many companies to rethink the potential patient benefits. Gareth Paterson reports24 November 2006

Corneal aberrations following Lasik re-treatment of RK
Increases in lower- and higher-order corneal aberrations mean that Laser in situ keratomileusis should be performed with caution in eyes with previous radial keratotomy, report Robert Montés-Micó and Teresa Ferrer-Blasco24 November 2006

13th British Society for Refractive Surgery Conference
This year’s British Society for Refractive Surgery (BSRS) Conference took place on the first hot and steamy weekend of July, and 100 delegates gathered at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, for a jam-packed programme. 04 August 2006