Refractive Resources
Refractive Education
Explore the latest in refractive education by selecting popular terms to the right, or click below to browse all ASCRS refractive resources.
Popular Refractive Topics
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Preparing for the Refractive Surgery Triathlon: Considering the Lifelong Refractive Journey
In this activity, faculty will review past, present, and possible future treatments for each stage of our patients’ lifetime refractive journey, discuss skills needed during preoperative assessment for insightful patient selection, evaluate impact of presbyopia and compare the current options available, and demonstrate how to approach patients with varied ocular conditions.
Faculty: Daniel Chang, MD; Eric Donnenfeld, MD; Cathleen McCabe, MD; Vance Thompson, MD
Credits: By completing this activity you will earn 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
43rd Annual Film Festival Refractive Films
Refractive Films
Explore a selection of winning films from the 43rd Annual Film Festival.
2025 ASCRS Refractive Day On Demand
ASCRS Refractive Day presents a range of topics relating to refractive surgery, including preop evaluation, refractive corneal surgery, refractive cataract surgery, and new technologies.
Enjoy a taste of the 2025 ASCRS Refractive Day program to the left, "50 Years of Refractive Surgery. Great for Our Patients and Our Practices, Is Now Time to Give Back?" presented by Daniel S. Durrie, MD.
Use the link below to access 2025 Refractive Day On Demand.
The Latest in Refractive Surgery Reserach
Learn about the latest refractive surgery research and techniques within 2025 and 2024 paper sessions.
(2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting physician registration category required.)
In-Depth Instructional Courses
Explore these 90-minute instructional sessions from 2025 that include Q&A time and interactive discussion among the instructors and audience.
IC-002 Astigmatism management in practice
Course will equip you with practical strategies in correcting astigmatism optimally.
IC-003 Refractive Surgery Conundrums: Solving the toughest cases
The course will explore unusual case scenarios with innovative solutions and managing unexpected outcomes.
IC-108 Art of Correcting Laser Refractive and Premium Cataract Surgery Complications to 20/20/Happy.
Course will teach how to convert "20/unhappy" patients into 20/20 success stories.
IC-112 Customized Refractive and Therapeutic Ablations in Regular and Irregular Eyes
Topo-guided, wavefront-guided and ray-tracing ablations.
IC-200 Transitioning from LASIK to SMILE - Nuances to Optimise Outcomes with Small Incision Lenticule Extraction
This course will provide the beginner with detailed instructions on every step of SMILE.
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IC-208 Adopting Phakic IOLs to Correct High Myopia
Focus on the posterior chamber and iris fixated phakic IOLs to make their adoption successful and safe.
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IC-214 An Update on Lenticule-Based Refractive Surgery (KLEX)
This course steers through the origins of KLEX, comparing and contrasting between the various available lenticule extraction platforms.
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IC-304 Management of Lenticule Extraction Complications
This course shows various potential intra and post operative complications of kerato-refractive lenticule extraction and how to manage them.
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Refractive Surgery 101: Pearls on getting started with LASIK/PRK/SMILE/ICL/RLE
Refractive surgery has become an important part of the modern day anterior segment practice. Unfortunately, most young eye surgeons do not get sufficient exposure to refractive surgery in residency training. This webinar will highlight the latest advances in refractive surgery techniques (e.g. LASIK, PRK, SMILE, ICL (EVO) and RLE) and provide guidance on appropriate patient selection, pros and cons, surgical pearls, and management of common complications for each.
