Refractive Errors & Refractive Surgery Preferred Practice Pattern®

Refractive Errors & Refractive Surgery Preferred Practice Pattern®.

Laser eye surgery for refractive errors.

Several laser and non-laser refractive surgical procedures have been used to modify the shape of the cornea and correct myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. Introduction of the excimer laser to reshape the cornea has resulted in remarkable developments in the correction of these refractive errors. Combined with other advanced ophthalmological instruments, laser refractive eye surgery...

[Refractive surgery].

FEBRUARY 2004 I CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY I 27 T he FEMTEC femtosecond (ultrashort pulse) ophthalmic laser (20/10 PERFECT VISION Optische Geräte GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany) is a photodisruptive laser. Although performed since the early 1980s, ophthalmic photodisruption has previously been limited to intraocular procedures because of the relatively large amount of energy needed to initi...

Management of refractive errors.

Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand The Fred Hollows Foundation, Sydney, Australia International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, Western Pacific Region, Melbourne, Australia International Counc...

Basic knowledge of refractive surgery: correction of refractive errors using modern surgical procedures.

INTRODUCTION Refractive ophthalmic surgery allows refractive errors to be corrected permanently in a safe, effective, and reliable way with few complications. METHODS Selective literature review with special reference to the guidelines of the German Commission for Refractive Surgery. RESULTS With a total of almost 18 million treatments performed to date, laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK)...