This is the 6th of a series of eight articles chronicling the development of Customized Ablation or Wavefront Directed Lasik. This column was written following the pre-meetings before the 2001 AAO meeting and was published in the January 15, 2002 issue of Ocular Surgery News. Technology Update Irving J. Arons Spectrum Consulting AAO Refractive Pre-meetings Focus on LASIK, LASEK [LASIK results are improving with active eye trackers. LASEK may provide better results with wavefront-guided ablation. Other options seem far off in development.] As I have done for several years, I attended the refractive pre-meetings held by the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) and the Refractive Surgery Interest Group (RSIG) , prior to visiting the AAO exhibit halls. This year, after looking at both programs, I decided to spend most of my time at the ISRS Fall Refractive Symposium. That two-day program was jam-packed with sessions of interest, and I had to pick and choose carefully in ord...