ASCRS: A Look Ahead in Eye Surgery
Executive Summary
At this year's American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery symposium, enthusiasm over technological advances in nearly every product segment, including presbyopia-correcting IOLs and cataract surgeries, was dampened by the reality of the softening demand for laser vision correction.
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