Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for low to moderate myopia using a 5.0 mm treatment zone and no transitional zone: 16-year follow-up.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) 16 years postoperatively.

Setting: Refractive Laser Suite, Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Design: Cohort study.

Comparison of dry-eye disease severity after laser in situ keratomileusis and laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK) on dry-eye disease markers including tear osmolarity, Schirmer testing, and the ocular surface disease index (OSDI).

Setting: Laser Suite, Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Design: Prospective controlled cross-sectional observation study.

Prospective contralateral eye study to compare conventional and wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis.

Purpose: To compare outcomes of customized/wavefront guided with conventional ablation in myopic patients with or without astigmatism undergoing laser in situ keratomileusis.

Methods: A prospective, comparative, contralateral eye study was performed. Sixty-eight eyes of 34 myopic patients with similar refractive error in both eyes were included.

Risk factors, microbiological findings, and clinical outcomes in cases of microbial keratitis admitted to a tertiary referral center in ireland.

Aim: To identify the risk factors for, and to report the microbiological findings and clinical outcomes of, severe microbial keratitis (MK).

Methods: This was a retrospective study of all cases of presumed MK admitted to a tertiary referral center over a 2-year period (September 2001 to August 2003). Data recorded included demographic data, details relating to possible risk factors, results of microbiological studies, clinical findings at presentation, and clinical and visual outcomes.

Central corneal thickness and its relationship to intraocular pressure in mucopolysaccararidoses-1 following bone marrow transplantation.

Purpose: To examine the ocular findings in mucopolysaccaridoses-1 (MPS-1) and the relationship between intraocular pressure (IOP) and central corneal thickness following bone marrow transplantation.

Setting: clinical practice.

Subjects: 23 subjects with MPS-1 following bone marrow transplantation were examined.

Characterization of optical coherence topography findings in Kenny-Caffey syndrome.

An unusual congenital syndrome was first reported in 1966 by Kenny and Linarelli, who described two patients with dwarfism, cortical thickening of the long bones, transient hypocalcemia, and normal intelligence,(1) the radiological features in the condition being reported by Caffey.(2) The constellation of dwarfism, medullary stenosis, transient hypocalcemia, and ophthalmologic abnormalities has been classically recognized as Kenny-Caffey syndrome with additional manifestations ranging from hypoplastic nails, persistent neutropenia, abnormal T-cell function, and neonatal liver disease.(3) Ocular findings range from uncomplicated nanophthalmos with hypermetropia to extreme pseudopapilloedema, vascular tortuosity, and macular crowding.

Sibshops: an evaluation of an interagency model.

The study evaluates the effectiveness of a sibling support programme (Sibshops) involving three disability agencies in Cork, Ireland. Qualitative and quantitative data were obtained using semi-structured interviews and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale with siblings, together with parent feedback. Results from the Piers-Harris showed that there was no significant increase in sibling self-esteem following attendance at the Sibshops.