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AECOS Summer Symposium: 2026

Practice Impossible: Real-World Case Conundrums

Eva Kim, MD, and Steven J. Dell

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Eva Kim, MD, and Steven J. Dell, MD, discuss challenging cases from the Practice Impossible session at the 2026 AECOS Summer Symposium. They consider the case of a social media influencer with poor contact lens hygiene who is seeking refractive surgery and the case of a patient who underwent RLE, and despite achieving seemingly excellent results, is unhappy with their outcome.

Posted: 7/23/2026

Keywords:

RLE

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lens hygiene

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AECOS

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Practice Impossible: Real-World Case Conundrums

Eva Kim, MD, and Steven J. Dell

Eva Kim, MD, and Steven J. Dell, MD, discuss challenging cases from the Practice Impossible session at the 2026 AECOS Summer Symposium. They consider the case of a social media influencer with poor contact lens hygiene who is seeking refractive surgery and the case of a patient who underwent RLE, and despite achieving seemingly excellent results, is unhappy with their outcome.

Posted: 7/23/2026

Keywords:

RLE

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lens hygiene

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AECOS

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