ABSTRACT
A. INTRODUCTION The options for treating the refractive surgery patient are greater now than at any time in ophthalmic history. Excimer laser refractive surgery is growing in popularity throughout the world, but it has its limitations. Patients with extreme degrees of myopia and hyperopia are poor candidates for corneal refractive surgery, and presbyopic patients must rely on reading glasses or monovision in order to obtain the full range of visual function. These limitations in laser refractive surgery have led to a resurgence of intraocular modalities for the correction of refractive errors.
