Publications by authors named "C Donitzky"
Purpose: To characterize corneal wound healing in a rabbit model after flapless refractive lenticule extraction with a 345 nm ultraviolet femtosecond laser.
Setting: Departments of Ophthalmology and Anatomy II, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Wavelight GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.
Design: Experimental study.
Purpose: We report our findings from a preclinical safety study designed to assess potential side effects of corneal ultraviolet femtosecond laser treatment on lens and retina.
Methods: Refractive lenticules (-5 dpt) with a diameter of 6 mm were created in the right cornea of eight Dutch Belted rabbits. Radiant exposure was 0.
Purpose: To investigate the relevance of initial temperature of the polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) plates used as a target for photoablation during calibration of excimer lasers performed in daily clinical routine.
Methods: An experimental argon fluoride excimer laser with a repetition rate of 1050 Hz, a radiant exposure of 500 mJ/cm², and single pulse energy of 2.1 mJ was used for photoablation of PMMA plates.
Background: The aim of this study was to perform the first femtosecond laser cuts with a new prototype femtosecond laser, in vivo and to evaluate its safety, stability and efficacy.
Methods: A LASIK cut was performed with a prototype 200 kHz femtosecond laser in both eyes of nine patients and one eye of two patients (20 individual eyes in total). A complete ophthalmic examination was performed preoperatively and postoperatively at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the procedure.
Purpose: To evaluate the safety, efficacy, predictability and stability of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with a 1000-Hz scanning spot excimer laser (Concept System 1000; WaveLight GmbH, Erlangen, Germany).
Methods: LASIK was performed on twenty eyes with myopia or myopic astigmatism (mean spherical equivalent refraction: -3.97±1.