Visual outcomes and safety of a refractive corneal inlay for presbyopia using femtosecond laser.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes and safety of a refractive inlay (Flexivue Micro-Lens, Presbia Coöperatief U.A.) for the corneal compensation of presbyopia.

Visual outcomes and safety of a small diameter intrastromal refractive inlay for the corneal compensation of presbyopia.

Purpose: To investigate the outcomes and safety of an intrastromal refractive inlay (Invue Lens, Biovision AG) for the corneal compensation of presbyopia.

Methods: This prospective, noncomparative, interventional clinical study comprised 45 emmetropic presbyopes with a mean age of 52.3 ± 3.

Femtosecond laser-assisted corneal pocket creation using a mask for inlay implantation.

Purpose: To describe the technique of femtosecond laser-assisted intracorneal pocket creation, using a mask for the implantation of a corneal inlay in the non-dominant eye of a 56-year-old, emmetropic, presbyopic woman for the correction of presbyopia.

Methods: Using the iFlap treatment-type software of the femtosecond laser (IntraLase 150, Abbott Medical Optics), a full lamellar cut was created at 280-μm depth. A keyhole-shaped mask was placed at the internal part of the glass of the applanation cone.

Descement's Membrane Detachment Diagnosis Using a Very High Frequency Ultrasound Scanning System.

A 74-year-old woman was referred to our institute due to persistent corneal edema after cataract surgery. Slit-lamp examination revealed severe total corneal edema (obscuring anterior chamber and iris). Using a very high frequency (VHF) ultrasound scanning system (Artemis 2, Ultralink LLC) descement's membrane detachment (DMD) was diagnosed.

New INTACS SK implantation in patients with post-laser in situ keratomileusis corneal ectasia.

In this case series, 2 patients with post-laser in situ keratomileusis corneal ectasia were included. Patients were treated with new intrastromal corneal ring segments, INTACS SK (severe keratoconus or steep "K") (Addition Technology, Inc, Des Plaines, IL) implantation. Two segments were inserted without any intraoperative or postoperative complications.

Treatment of chronic dry eye: focus on cyclosporine.

To review the current treatment of chronic dry eye syndrome, focusing on cyclosporine A (CsA), a systematic literature search was performed using PubMed databases in two steps. The first step was oriented to articles published for dry eye. The second step was focused on the use of CsA in dry eye.

Single intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation using the femtosecond laser after radial keratotomy in a keratoconic patient.

A 33-year-old woman with irregular astigmatism 6 years after radial keratotomy (RK) for keratoconus was treated with implantation of a single intrastromal corneal ring segment (Keraring) using the femtosecond laser. The segment (0.150 mm thick with a 160-degree arc) was inserted in the steepest area (inferior) with no intraoperative or postoperative complications.

Effect of excimer laser repetition rate on outcomes after photorefractive keratectomy.

Purpose: To compare the refractive outcomes after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for low to moderate myopic corrections using 2 excimer lasers with different repetition rates (200 Hz and 400 Hz).

Setting: University refractive surgery center.

Methods: This retrospective study included all consecutive patients who underwent PRK using the 200 Hz or the 400 Hz Allegretto laser platform (WaveLight Laser Technologie AG).

Ocular rigidity evaluation after photorefractive keratectomy: an experimental study.

Purpose: To evaluate possible changes of the ocular rigidity coefficient in vivo after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in a series of rabbit eyes, using an invasive ocular rigidity measurement device.

Methods: Sixteen eyes of 8 rabbits were used in this study. One eye from each rabbit underwent PRK for -10.

Diffuse lamellar keratitis after corneal crosslinking in a patient with post-laser in situ keratomileusis corneal ectasia.

A 27-year-old man presented with corneal ectasia in his left eye 4 years after myopic laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and was treated with riboflavin-ultraviolet-A (crosslinking). During the first post-treatment days, diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK) (stage III) developed. The microbiology culture was negative.

Fifteen-year follow-up after LASIK: case report.

Purpose: To present 15-year follow-up of one of the first LASIK-treated patients.

Methods: A 40-year-old woman underwent LASIK in the left eye for myopia in July 1991.

Results: Fifteen years after LASIK, spherical equivalent error was statistically significantly reduced from preoperative -8.

Herpetic keratitis with iritis after corneal crosslinking with riboflavin and ultraviolet A for keratoconus.

A 21-year-old woman had crosslinking for keratoconus in the right eye; the left eye was scheduled for penetrating keratoplasty. Five days postoperatively, she presented with geographic epithelial keratitis and iritis. Analysis of tear samples by polymerase chain reaction confirmed the diagnosis.

Idiopathic recurrence of diffuse lamellar keratitis after LASIK.

Purpose: To report a case of late recurrence of bilateral diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK) after LASIK.

Methods: A 39-year-old woman presented in the early postoperative period with bilateral DLK after hyperopic LASIK and was treated with topical steroids. One year after and with no obvious cause (idiopathic), recurrence of the same stage (stage III) of disease was observed.

Intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation with the femtosecond laser in a post-keratoplasty patient with recurrent keratoconus.

A 50-year-old woman had implantation of intrastromal corneal ring segments for recurrent keratoconus 15 years after penetrating keratoplasty. Two segments (0.15 mm and 0.

Combined Intacs and posterior chamber toric implantable Collamer lens implantation for keratoconic patients with extreme myopia.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of combined Intacs (Addition Technology, Fremont, California, USA) and posterior chamber toric implantable Collamer lens [ICLs] (Visian ICL; STAAR Surgical, Monrovia, California, USA) implantation in keratoconic patients with extreme myopia and irregular astigmatism.

Design: Prospective, single-center, noncomparative, interventional, consecutive case series.

Methods: Three eyes of two consecutive highly myopic keratoconic patients who had undergone posterior chamber toric ICLs implantation after Intacs implantation.

Long-term results of thin corneas after refractive laser surgery.

Purpose: To report the long-term refractive results of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in patients with thin corneas.

Design: A long-term, retrospective, non-randomized follow-up study.

Methods: Sixty-three patients (124 eyes) (28 males and 35 females), who had a preoperative central corneal thickness (CCT) of less than 500 microns and completed at least one year of follow-up examinations after surgery.

Photorefractive keratectomy in a patient with epithelial basement membrane dystrophy.

Purpose: To report a case of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in a patient with epithelial basement membrane dystrophy (EBMD).

Methods: Interventional case report.

Results: A 36-year-old male with clinical manifestations of EBMD underwent bilateral, simultaneous PRK for low myopia correction.