PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to provide an update on epipolis laser in-situ keratomileusis--an alternative surface photorefractive surgical technique for the correction of myopia. RECENT FINDINGS In-vivo studies on animal models provide evidence that the replacement of the epithelial sheet on an ablated cornea can control corneal wound healing. Preliminary clinical data confir...

INTRODUCTION Potential indications for excimer laser procedures in children include accommodative esotropia, bilateral high ametropia, and severe anisometropia. Treatment of these conditions has traditionally included spectacle or contact lens use. This treatment, however, is often ineffective in children with severe anisometropia or bilateral ametropia, especially those with neuropsychological...

In eccentric photorefraction, light returning from the retina of the eye is photographed by a camera focused on the eye's pupil. We use a geometrical model of eccentric photorefraction to generate intensity profiles across the pupil image. The intensity profiles for three different monochromatic aberration functions induced in a single eye are predicted and show good agreement with the measured...

Light-weight translucent plastic goggles with convex or concave rigid contact lens inserts were applied unilaterally to the eyes of young chicks. Convex and concave cylindrical lenses produced astigmatic refractive errors. The magnitude of the induced astigmatism was less than that of the inducing lens and varied with axis orientation. Decreased aperture size or interruption of the defocus resu...

BACKGROUND Headache is a common complaint in children occasionally requiring hospital admission. The purposes of the present study were to analyze the prevalence of uncorrected ametropia in children with headache admitted to the hospital, and evaluate the importance of refraction assessment as part of their evaluation. METHODS A retrospective review of children admitted to the Tel Aviv Medica...

most valuable cycloplegic that can be used for the proper determination of the total amount of ametropia. 2. The comparatively rapid return of the full dilatation of the pupil produced by the single instillation of i^oth grain of hydrobromate of .scopolamine to normal pupillary width renders the drug in this strength less objectionable than those drugs which, by reason of necessarily greater st...

PURPOSE To evaluate the relationship patterns between astigmatism axes of fellow eyes (rule similarity and symmetry) and to determine the prevalence of each pattern in the studied population. METHODS This population-based study was conducted in 2015 in Iran. All participants had tests for visual acuity, objective refraction, subjective refraction (if cooperative), and assessment of eye health...