Purpose To determine topographic and aberrometric changes after accelerated cross-linking (ACXL; 18 mW/cm2 for 5 min) as measured with OPD Scan III (Nidek Inc., Tokyo, Japan) and their repeatability in patients with mild and moderate keratoconus (KCN). Methods In this prospective study, 25 eyes with mild KCN [Ksteep = 47.24 ± 3.11 diopter (D)] and 20 moderate cases (Ksteep = 52.86 ± 4.39 D) w...

PURPOSE To compare total ocular aberrations and corneal aberrations identified with four different aberrometers and to determine the repeatability and interobserver variability. METHODS In this prospective comparative study, 23 healthy subjects underwent bilateral examination with four aberrometers: the Irx3 (Hartmann-Shack; Imagine Eyes, Orsay, France), Keratron (Hartmann-Shack; Optikon, Rom...

PURPOSE To present case examples outlining the use of wavefront aberrometry for toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation pre- and postoperatively. METHODS Twelve eyes that underwent AcrySof Toric IOL (Alcon Inc Laboratories) implantation were assessed pre- and postoperatively using the NIDEK OPD Scan II (NIDEK Co Ltd). Wavefront aberrometry, corneal topography, and objective visual quality w...

PURPOSE To compare higher order aberrations measured with the NIDEK OPD-Scan and AMO WaveScan. METHODS Third- to sixth-order higher order aberrations were measured in 1072 eyes using the OPD-Scan and WaveScan. Means, standard deviations, confidence intervals, limits of agreement, and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated. RESULTS Aberrations of greatest magnitude with th...

PURPOSE To compare pupil sizes measured with the Colvard pupillometer, Procyon pupillometer, and NIDEK OPD-Scan. METHODS Pupil diameter was measured in 90 consecutive eyes from 55 patients under mesopic and scotopic light conditions with all three instruments. RESULTS The mean scotopic pupil diameter was 6.3+/-0.98 mm with the Colvard pupillometer and 6.45+/-1.01 mm with the Procyon pupillo...

PURPOSE To compare refractive assessment results obtained with an aberrometer, an autorefractor, and manual subjective refraction (SR) in a healthy population with optimal visual potential. METHODS Sixty adults aged 18-59 years with visual acuity of 20/25 or better, no media opacity, and no known corneal or retinal abnormalities were recruited during the course of routine eye examination. Ref...

KEY FINDINGS The percentage of physician office and hospital outpatient department (OPD) visits during which an MRI/CT/PET scan was ordered doubled, to 4%, and the percentage of hospital emergency department visits with an MRI/CT scan more than tripled, to 16%. The percentage of physician office and OPD visits with at least five drugs prescribed more than doubled, to 25%. Inpatient hospitalizat...

OBJECTIVES To determine changes in prevalence and severity of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and the relationship to health outcomes. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING Community and tertiary institutions. PARTICIPANTS Children (N=53, 33 boys) with a confirmed diagnosis of CP assessed first at 18 to 24 months (Assessment 1: mean age ± SD, 22.9±2....