As summer vacation gets underway, many people are choosing to undergo vision correction surgery. When people think of vision correction, they often focus only on myopia.

Peripheral corneal-relaxing incisions can be used to treat 1–3 D of corneal astigmatism. These incisions are known as limbal relaxing incisions in the older literature. The risks associated with PCRIs ...

Q: At my last visit, my eye doctor told me I have astigmatism. He told me what that means, but I still don’t really understand what it is. Please explain it to me. A: Astigmatism means that the eye’s ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . We know that today’s cataract surgery is truly refractive cataract surgery. As such, patients expect refractive ...

The eye acts like a camera, capturing light through the front surface (the cornea) and focusing it onto the "film" at the back of the eye (retina). To get a clear picture, the eyeball and all of its ...

At Tersigni Vision, a growing number of patients are asking whether Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE)—also known as Custom Lens Replacement—can correct astigmatism and reduce their dependence on glasses ...

Astigmatism is a term that refers to an imperfection in the shape of the cornea. Rather than being a clear, round dome to cover the iris and the pupil of the eye in ...

Astigmatism is a type of refractive inaccuracy in which the shape of the normally curved surface of the cornea is curved to different degrees in different areas. As a result of this abnormality, the ...

Patients expect their vision to improve after cataract surgery and, increasingly, they expect to be free of the encumbrance of glasses and contact lenses. These expectations are driven by ...