INTRODUCTION Laser vision correction for hyperopia is challenging. The purpose of the study was to assess the refractive outcomes of femtosecond-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for hyperopic correction using wavefront-optimized ablation profiles. METHODS This retrospective case series study included 20 Egyptian patients (40 eyes) with hyperopia or hyperopic astigmatism with a me...

PURPOSE To describe the incidence of transient light-sensitivity syndrome (TLSS) after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with the femtosecond laser and to identify preventive strategies. SETTING Hospital NISA Virgen del Consuelo, Valencia, Spain. METHODS The first 765 eyes operated on with the 15 KHz femtosecond laser were prospectively analyzed for subjective complaints and clinical fin...

PURPOSE To determine criteria for keratoconus or postoperative LASIK ectasia progression or improvement based on Pentacam HR (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH) measured steepest corneal curvature. METHODS Sixty-one eyes from 41 patients with keratoconus or postoperative LASIK ectasia were evaluated. Each eye was measured 5 times with the Pentacam HR during the same clinic visit and the random measurem...

Methods: Medical records were reviewed of 107,613 patients who underwent LASIK at a single center in Spain. Cases of infectious keratitis were identified from a computerized clinical database. Medical records were reviewed in detail of those patients who developed this complication to identify demographic and other clinical factors associated with this occurrence. Incidence of infection was com...

PURPOSE To compare self-reported quality of vision (QoV) outcomes after myopic LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) with two femtosecond lasers. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, eye-to-eye study. METHODS Consecutive myopic patients were treated with wavefront-guided LASIK bilaterally. Eyes were randomized according to ocular dominance. The flap of one eye was made with the IntraLase...

PURPOSE To test a pseudophakic eye model that allows for intraocular lens power (IOL) calculation, both in normal eyes and in extreme conditions, such as post-LASIK. METHODS PARTICIPANTS The model's efficacy was tested in 54 participants (104 eyes) who underwent LASIK and were assessed before and after surgery, thus allowing to test the same method in the same eye after only changing corne...

P hotorefractive keratectomy for correction of myopia was the first excimer laser-based technique to be developed. During the last 25 years, excimer lasers have improved technologically, several variations of the technique have been developed and preand postoperative pharmaceutical therapies have been investigated. This review article summarises these developments and the published meta-analyse...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to compare the visual performance of LASIK eyes measured using high-contrast logMAR letter charts under bright (photopic) and dim (mesopic) conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 46 subjects (35 +/- 8 years of age) undergoing LASIK procedures were recruited for the study. The best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) of each subject was measure...

PURPOSE The aims of our study were to investigate whether laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to identify factors that affect postoperative HRQoL. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 213 Japanese patients who underwent primary LASIK were analyzed in this study. The average age of patients was 35.0±9.4 years. The subjects were asked to answer q...