Irregular or thin corneas may tip the scale toward the surface procedure. LASIK surgery and PRK are the two most commonly performed corneal refractive surgical procedures in the world. After the clinician confirms via preoperative screening that a patient is an appropriate candidate for laser vision correction, the clinician is then equipped to make a … Continue reading LASIK OR PRK: KNOW WHICH OPTION SUITS YOUR PATIENT
View MoreWhat was once a challenging patient consultation for refractive surgery can now be streamlined. During the past decade, my colleagues’ and my approach to educating patients on their conditions and our understanding of how best to serve their needs has evolved. Years ago, when presbyopic patients would present for LASIK to reduce their dependence on reading glasses and bifocals, we would recommend a refractive lens exchange in cases where there was early lenticular opacity and/or hyperopia. Not infrequently, patients were taken aback at the suggestion of a lens-based procedure. For many years, we performed LASIK in these individuals, and frequently they would come back within 5 to 7 years complaining that their LASIK had “worn off.”
View MoreA natural process of aging needn’t hamper patients’ QOL. It is my pleasure to serve as guest editor for Ophthalmology Management’s 2017 AAO preview edition. We’ve dedicated this issue to presbyopia. More and more, we are reading about innovative approaches for the correction of presbyopia. And for good reason. International census data from the last … Continue reading Presbyopia: Growing prevalence and opportunity
View MoreCataracts has become the leading cause of blindness in aging adults over 40 in the United States. Cataracts is a gradual opaque cloud that forms over the eye, causing vision to seem foggy. This mist is a result of proteins in the lens clumping together. Unfortunately there are no natural ways to fight cataracts, but … Continue reading A Good Look at Cataract Surgery and Eye Health with Dr. George Waring IV
View MoreGeorge O. Waring IV, MD, highlights a new technology called Perfect Lens. Dr. Waring says this technology allows surgeons to customize IOLs, both outside and inside the eye. LASIK Charleston SC
View MoreWhat is the next big thing in eyecare? New surgical devices? 3D Printing? Telemedicine? Dr. George Waring IV joins regular hosts Nate Bonilla-Warford, OD and Mitchell Jackson, MD to take on this subject. About George Waring IV, MD: George O. Waring IV, MD FACS is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, the Director of Refractive Surgery … Continue reading Dr. George Waring, IV on The Next Big Thing in Eyecare
View MoreGary Wörtz, MD, sits down with George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, to discuss presbyopia and the opportunities to help those with this ubiquitous condition, which will affect 2 billion people worldwide by 2020. Dr. Waring weighs in on the need he saw to better understand and characterize the aging changes of crystalline lens and … Continue reading State of the Union Address on Presbyopia
View MoreIn this video, George O. Waring IV, MD and the Magill Vision Center, perform the first US case with the Wavelight 500-Hz repetition rate excimer laser by Alcon. The laser features advanced tracking capabilities and on-board pachymetry. According to Dr. Waring, the speed of the laser may yield less stromal dehydration and possibly faster recovery … Continue reading Refractive Surgery With the 500-Hz Excimer Laser
View MoreGeorge Waring IV, MD, sits down with Mark Kontos, MD, to discuss the adoption of new technologies and treatments in ophthalmology. Dr. Waring shares his insight into what anterior segment surgeons should consider with regard to devices such as corneal inlays.
View MoreModerator Christopher Starr, MD, FACS, of the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, and George Waring IV, MD, FACS, of the Medical University of South Carolina, discuss corneal inlays for treating presbyopia. Dr. Waring explains there are many ways to reduce patients’ dependence on reading glasses, but that inlays are the only way to … Continue reading Episode 31: Corneal Inlays for Treating Presbyopia
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