Refractive outcomes of small lenticule extraction (SMILE) Pro® with a 2 MHz femtosecond laser.

Purpose: To evaluate the initial visual outcomes of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Pro® using a 2 MHz femtosecond laser (VisuMax 800, Carl Zeiss Meditec) and to assess the efficacy, safety, predictability, accuracy, and complication rate.

Methods: This retrospective analysis included eyes which underwent the SMILE Pro® procedure using VisuMax 800 femtosecond laser to correct myopia. All surgeries were performed by one surgeon (DB).

Long-term Clinical Outcomes After Bilateral Implantation of Two Trifocal Diffractive IOLs.

Purpose: To show clinical outcomes after bilateral implantation of either a hydrophobic FineVision POD F GF or a hydro-philic FineVision POD F intraocular lens (IOL) (Beaver-Visitec International, Inc).

Methods: A total of 110 patients with cataract were randomized to receive either POD F GF or POD F IOLs and followed up for 2 years. The measurements included refraction, monocular and binocular uncorrected and corrected distance (UDVA and CDVA), intermediate (UIVA and DCIVA), and near (UNVA and DCNVA) visual acuities, defocus curve, photopic and mesopic contrast sensitivity, photic phenomena, and patient-reported outcomes.

Narcissism in independent and interdependent cultures.

Narcissism can manifest in a grandiose form - admiration-seeking, exhibitionism, and dominance - or a vulnerable form - anxiety, withdrawal, and hypersensitivity. While grandiose narcissism is conceptually in line with an independent self-construal, as prevalent in Western countries, the vulnerable form can be assumed to relate more to an interdependent self-construal, as prevalent in Eastern countries. We studied both forms of narcissism in Germany and Japan (s = 258, 280), which differ fundamentally in their independent and interdependent self-construal, yet are similar regarding global developmental standards.

The Case for Virtual Sepsis Surveillance and Intervention.

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