Journal of Refractive Surgery

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, predictability, and stability of implanting a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) (the Artisan myopia lens) to correct high myopia.

METHODS: An Artisan myopia lens was implanted in ...

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PURPOSE: To evaluate contrast sensitivity after posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) implantation for the correction of high myopia.

METHODS: Twenty eyes of ten patients had a posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (Staar ICL) ...

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PURPOSE: To study the utility of measurements of contrast sensitivity at different spatial frequencies as an index of visual recovery following refractive surgery.

METHODS: Contrast sensitivity at 1.5, 3, 6, 12, and 18 c/deg was measured with the ...

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PURPOSE: To show a specific relationship between monocular diplopia and corneal refractive asymmetry after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

METHODS: One hundred thirty-eight eyes of 98 patients who underwent IASIK for myopia between -2.12 and -...

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PURPOSE: Unintended hyperopia shift; is a common yet poorly understood complication of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) that raises fondamental questions about the etiology of corneal curvature change in PRK and LASIK. We investigated the ...

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PURPOSE: We evaluated the efficacy, predictability, stability, and safety of laser in situ keratomileusis (LAStK) for hyperopia and hyperopic astigmatism.

METHODS: A retrospective study was performed for 92 eyes of 62 consecutive patients to ...

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) on nerve fiber layer thickness measurements by optical coherence tomography in myopic eyes.

METHODS: Twenty-two patients who had PRK for myopia underwent nerve fiber ...

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PURPOSE: Microwave thermal keratoplasty applies microwave energy to elevate the temperature of the paracentral stroma of the cornea to its thermal shrinkage temperature of about 600C. A suitable pattern of shrinkage in the paracentral cornea can ...

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PURPOSE: To report the clinical and confocal microscopic characteristics of reticular folds (mudcracks) in a cornea after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

METHODS: A 30-year-old male showed reticular flap folds on slit-lamp examination 1 week ...

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PURPOSE: To investigate soft contact lenses for managing irregular astigmatism after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). The prevailing notion has been that soft contacts conform to corneal surface irregularities and have a limited role for ...

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PURPOSE: To develop an experimental animal model of corneal haze following photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).

METHODS: Fifteen Iber Braun hens underwent unilateral PRK for -9.00 D of myopia. The animals were sacrificed at 1, 3, and 6 months ...