purpose: to evaluate the visual outcomes of lasik in myopic eyes. methods: this interventional case series was performed on records of 345 eyes of 179 patients for correcting myopia with astigmatism < 3.00 diopter (d). all patients were operated by one surgeon (h.n.) with the nidek ec 5000 excimer laser. all patients had at least one year follow up. based on preoperative refraction, patients we...

purpose: to compare long-term results of excimer laser sub-epithelial keratectomy (lasek) and laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik) for low to moderate myopia. methods: in a comparative case series, visual outcomes in 415 lasik-treated eyes (212 patients) and 359 lasek-treated eyes (194 patients) with myopia ranging from -1.5 to -5 diopters (d) and astigmatism up to -2.75 d using a flying spot e...

purpose: to determine the efficacy, safety, and stability of these techniques and some factors affecting refractive and visual outcomes in treated patients. methods: 236 lasik-treated eyes (122 patients) and 218 prk-treated eyes (112 patients) with myopia and myopic-astigmatism between -1.25 and -4 diopters (d) underwent refractive surgery over an 11 month period by a single surgeon. patients w...

purpose: to evaluate the prevalence, natural course, and final visual acuity in patients with stages iii or iv of diffuse lamellar keratitis (dlk) following laser in situ keratomileusis  (lasik). methods: in this descriptive study, records of all the patients who underwent lasik surgery in two private excimer laser clinics were reviewed. according to linebarger- lindstrom-hardten classification...

purpose : to evaluate the correlation between inner segment/outer segment (is/os) line and external limiting membrane (elm) layer integrity at foveal center and visual outcome and to investigate the prognostic factors in optical coherence tomography (oct) that related to final visual acuity (va) and recovery time in acute central serous chorioretinopathy (csc) methods : we prospectively studied...

purpose: to determine factors that affect and predict final visual acuity, retinal attachment, and ocular survival after open-globe injuries. methods: one-hundred sixteen eyes with open globe injuries were evaluated longitudinally from september 2001to february 2004. age, sex, involved eye, best corrected visual acuity (bcva), afferent pupillary defect (apd), size and location of laceration, ca...

purpose: to evaluate the prevalence of concomitant systemic and ocular diseases in patients scheduled for phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation (pe+pc iol) and post surgical visual outcomes and complications in 1253 cases. methods: medical records of all patients of a private clinic who underwent pe+pc iol from 1999 to 2003 were reviewed. all operations were performed by a singl...

purpose: to determine the visual and anatomical outcomes and complications of vitrectomy for non-traumatic non-diabetic vitreous hemorrhage (ndvh) and to report the causes of the condition among patients at labbafinejad medical center, tehran-iran, from 1993 to 2003. method: records of patients who underwent vitrectomy for non-traumatic ndvh with 6 months follow up were reviewed for demographic...

purpose: to evaluate the ability to predict visual outcome after penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) in patients with pseudophakic or aphakic corneal edema (pce or ace). methods: medical records of 34 patients (34 eyes) who underwent pkp for pce or ace during 1994-2004 in ahvaz were retrospectively analyzed for variables in the history and ocular examination before pkp and visual outcome after pkp. ...