Refractive 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...

Refractive Errors & Refractive Surgery Preferred Practice Pattern®.

Refractive lens surgery.

This article compares methods of axial length measurement for determining intraocular lens power and describes bimanual micro incision phacoemulsification for refractive lens exchange and routine cataract surgery, which offers an enormous advantage of maintaining a more stable intraocular environment during lens removal. This advantage may be especially important in high myopes who are at a gre...

Refractive Surgery Dilemma

A 33-year-old man seeking refractive surgery presented with refractive error of -1.75 -4.0×20° in the right and -0.75 -2.5×170° in his left eye in January 2009; best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) was 20/25+ and 20/20respectively. All ocular examinations were unremarkable and family history for keratoconus was negative. He had previously obtained consultation for refractive surgery i...

Corneal & refractive surgery.

Excimer lasers and high technology instrumentation have ushered in a new era of vision improvement surgery in Hawaii, replacing the more traditional forms of refractive surgery: cataract surgery, corneal transplant surgery, and radial keratotomy. Corneal surgery has been enhanced by new techniques of microsurgery and a more effective tissue procurement system for donor corneal tissue. Several l...