PURPOSE To compare the visual acuity outcomes between 2 target locations for corneal inlay implantation with concurrent laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) to compensate for presbyopia. SETTING Shinagawa LASIK Center, Tokyo, Japan. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS Bilateral LASIK was performed simultaneously with inlay implantation in the nondominant eye. The preoperative and 6...

To describe the novel technique of ventral inlay substitution urethroplasty for the management of male anterior urethral stricture disease. A 58-year-old gentleman with multifocal bulbar stricture disease measuring 7 cm in length was treated using a ventral inlay substitution urethroplasty. A dorsal urethrotomy was created, and the ventral urethral plated was incised. The edges of the urethral ...

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of using separating medium and its type on the microtensile bond strength of indirect resin composite restoration to dentin clinically. Materials and methods: Standard 24 MOD cavities were prepared in the upper first premolars for the selected patients by one operator and restored using indirect resin composite (Grandio So Inlay System, VOCO, Germany). Inlays wer...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare stereoacuity before and after KAMRA corneal inlay implantation for the correction of presbyopia. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a prospective study of 60 patients who underwent KAMRA inlay implantation. Patients were examined before and 6 months after surgery for stereoacuity, uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), and uncorrected near visual acu...

Purpose. To present a case of cataract surgery performed in a patient with a refractive corneal inlay in place. Methods. A 48-year-old female patient presented to our institute with bilateral cataract. The patient had undergone refractive corneal inlay implantation three years ago in her right, nondominant eye for presbyopia correction. Biometry and intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation were...

The most complex issue related to the design of high efficiency composite materials is behavior reinforcing component during bonding process. This study presents numerical and experimental investigations shape change in inlay an aluminum-steel mesh-aluminum roll-bonding. A flat material consisting two outer strips EN AW 1050 alloy expanded C10 steel mesh was obtained via hot roll with nominal r...

In origami geometry, the construction and the verification should go hand in hand. When we present a new origami by a new fold method, we will show certain geometric properties that enable us to claim its novelty by formal argument, i.e. proving. It is desirable to have some kind of automation by a computer towards computer-aided origami. Several systems have been implemented to simulate and tr...

September 27, 2010, Milan, Italy. EOS S.p.A. (Ethical Oncology Science) announced today the initiation of the first-in-man trial of E-3810, its oral Dual Selective VEGF/FGF protein kinase inhibitor. Patients with advanced solid tumours not amenable to standard therapy will be recruited to this Phase I open-label, dose-escalation trial evaluating the safety profile of E-3810 in order to determin...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare the marginal and internal fit of nano-composite CAD-CAM restorations. MATERIALS AND METHODS A full veneer crown and an mesio-occluso-distal (MOD) inlay cavity, which were prepared on extracted human molars, were used as templates of epoxy resin replicas. The prepared teeth were scanned and CAD-CAM restorations were milled using Lava Ultimate...