Tracey is pleased to provide these tutorial case studies that teach the applications and benefits of using the iTrace to identify premium IOL candidates, select appropriate Aspheric IOLs, determine if a patient is a refractive cornea or lens candidate, and to help improve your practice efficiency. Be one of the many cataract surgeons, general ophthalmologies or optometrists now discovering the importance of ray tracing aberrometry in their practice.
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How Can I Improve My Toric IOL Succes with the iTrace?
Tracey Technologies has recently introduced unique surgical planning tools to help cataract surgeons utilizing the newest toric IOL lenses to manage patient astigmatism. This tutorial explains how to use the iTrace and the Zaldivar Toric Caliper peri-operatively to measure the precise location of the placement axis as it relates to your pre-surgical marks, regardless of the accuracy of the pre-surgical marks.
Can Networking the iTrace Improve My Practice Efficiency?
Many iTrace users are finding improvements in practice efficiency by installing the iTrace software on PCs in their exam lanes and offices. Read how David Chang, M.D. and Javier Zamora, O.D. have networked the iTrace in their practices so that they can review iTrace exam patient when they need it most and can provide better patient education.
How Can I Objectively Assess My Patient's Accommodation?
Subjective accommodation testing has been the only method for the evaluation of the eye's accommodative ability. While subjective testing is adequate, it is insufficient for today's accommodation correction treatments, such as accommodating IOLs. The iTrace's unique features provide for an ideal objective method to evaluate your patient's accommodation.
How Can the iTrace Help When Selecting Aspheric IOLs?
This case study details the importance of using the Corneal Spherical Aberration measurement from the iTrace to help select the proper aspheric IOL. Studies have shown that the Corneal S.A. number provides better results when determining which aspheric IOL to use than when using the asphericity "Q" factor alone.
Is Corneal Refractive Surgery Always the Best Option?
It is important to understand where vision aberrations originate before determining the best refractive option for the patient. Your surgical plan could be compromised without the ability to define whether the aberrations originate in the cornea or the lens. Knowing that a patient's aberrations are primarily lenticular, the surgeon may properly decide to forgo a corneal procedure (LASIK) and choose a lens procedure instead.
