2022 ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING

About this Session

Session Moderators: Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, ABO, William F. Wiley, MD

As the saying goes, ”Not everything goes as planned”. Corneal Refractive surgery in general is an extremely successful procedure with high patient satisfaction. As with any surgical procedure, however, exists small inherent risks. As techniques and technologies improve, inherent complications may be mitigated, and our exposure to complications may also decrease. This session will explore various refractive surgery techniques and shed light onto complications and treatment options.

Presentations in this Session

• PRK Haze
  Parag A. Majmudar, MD
• Success of Refractive Surgery. Why It Is One the “Most Successful Surgery Known to Humankind”
  Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS
• Inherent Population Risk
  Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO
• LASIK: Decentered Ablation
  Mark C. Lobanoff, MD, ABO
• SMILE
  Audrey R. Talley Rostov, MD
• Post Refractive Surgery: Ectasia
  Marcony R. Santhiago, MD, PhD
• Island of Despair
  Arjan Hura, MD
• Phakic Iol's
  Neda Shamie, MD
• Complication Avoidance: How to Screen out the Wrong Patients
  Steven J. Dell, MD
• Economics: Billing and Coding of Complex Cases
  Sara Rapuano, MBA, COA, CPC, OCS