A novel technology called Zyoptix Advanced Control Eyetracking (ACE) can emerge as an effective treatment for the treatment of astigmatism and severe myopia. The innovative technique has the ability to track eyeball’s rotation during a laser eye surgery. Earlier, eye rotation during surgery influenced the predictability of surgical outcomes. That is why doctors discouraged patients of short-sightedness and astigmatism from going for LASIK. Designed to advance the patient safety, ACE also adjusts the laser ablation pattern for the duration of the laser surgery.

According to research by scientists at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, people with a certain low level of tear production have a higher probability of developing chronic dry eye syndrome after having undergone LASIK surgery. The laser refractive surgery is done to correct near- and far-sightedness. The study, published in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science, may help ophthalmologists find out if these patients require pretreatment and whether or not surgery is appropriate for such persons.

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