PURPOSE To evaluate the results of LASIK for hyperopia in pediatric eyes with amblyopia resulting from anisometropia. METHODS Thirty-two children with anisometropic amblyopia in whom conventional therapy was unsuccessful underwent unilateral LASIK between 1999 and 2005. Mean patient age was 10.3 +/- 3.1 years (range: 4 to 15 years), and mean follow-up was 20.1 +/- 15.1 months (range: 12 to 60...

PURPOSE To report the visual and refractive outcomes of small incision lenticule extraction for low myopia using the VisuMax femtosecond laser (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany). METHODS A retrospective analysis of 120 consecutive small incision lenticule extraction procedures was performed for low myopia. Inclusion criteria were preoperative spherical equivalent refraction up to -3.50 diopt...

PURPOSE To study the long-term efficacy, safety, and stability of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) after unintentional ultrathin flap creation less than 80 mum. SETTING University refractive surgery center. METHODS This retrospective case series comprised 25 patients (33 eyes) who had LASIK after flap creation less than 80 mum with the Moria M2 disposable microkeratome (head 90 microm)....

BACKGROUND To evaluate the clinical outcomes after the implantation of a new trifocal diffractive intraocular lens (IOL) combined with Enhanced depth of focus (EDOF) technology. METHODS The study enrolled 80 eyes of 40 patients who underwent cataract surgery with bilateral implantation of a diffractive trifocal IOL (Reviol Tri-ED) designed with a combination of enhanced depth of focus. Mean a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and predictability of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for hyperopia in a prospective study of 54 eyes of 29 patients. METHODS Before LASIK, 44 eyes (81.48%) had a spectacle-corrected visual acuity of 20/20 or better, and 54 eyes (100%) had 20/40 or better. Surgery was performed under topical anesthesia using the Keracor 116 excimer laser and Chiron auto...

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of corneal cross-linking on keratoconic eyes in the pediatric age group. Setting: Private laser center, Haifa, Israel, affiliated to Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 29 eyes of 20 children treated with corneal cross-linking with aim to arrest the progression of keratoconus. We preformed collagen corneal cross-linking using...

BACKGROUND To evaluate monocular and binocular visual outcomes for near, intermediate, and far distance in patients implanted with diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) with different add power contralaterally. METHODS This is a prospective contralateral study. Two diffractive multifocal IOLs with different added power were implanted bilaterally in twenty patients. TECNIS® ZKB00 (+...

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to correct errors in figures that were introduced during the typesetting process as well as errors in the Author Contributions. The publisher apologizes for the errors. Please download this article again to view the correct version. The originally published, uncorrected article and the republished, corrected article are provided here for reference. open access article distributed under the term...

Purpose: To evaluate. long term efficacy, safety and stability of PRK for low and moderate myopia. Methods: 110 patients were treated for myopia up to 6D with the Summit Excimed excimer laser. The optical zone was 5mm in all cases. Manifest t&action. refraction under cycloplegla, comenl haze and comeal topography werc studied at D15, 1. 3, 6. 12. and 24 months after the surgery. Results: 110 pa...