Effectiveness and safety of a thermo-mechanical action device versus thermal pulsation device in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of thermo-mechanical action (Tixel C, Novoxel) compared with thermal pulsation (LipiFlow, Johnson & Johnson) in meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

Setting: Private clinics and University clinic, USA.

Design: Prospective, randomized (1:1), evaluator-masked, multicenter study.

Evaluation of Same-Day versus Next-Day Implantation of Intracanalicular Dexamethasone for the Control of Postoperative Inflammation and Pain Following Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a sustained-release intracanalicular dexamethasone insert for postoperative inflammation and pain implanted in a clinical setting preoperatively or on postoperative day 1.

Methods: Single-site, retrospective, contralateral eye study of patients undergoing cataract surgery. Included were subjects with a dexamethasone intracanalicular insert implanted in the clinic immediately prior to surgery in one eye (same-day) and on postoperative day 1 (POD1) in the contralateral eye.

A prospective comparison of phakic collamer lenses and wavefront-optimized laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis for correction of myopia.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare night vision and low-luminance contrast sensitivity (CS) in patients undergoing implantation of phakic collamer lenses or wavefront-optimized laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Patients And Methods: This is a nonrandomized, prospective study, in which 48 military personnel were recruited. Rabin Super Vision Test was used to compare the visual acuity and CS of Visian implantable collamer lens (ICL) and LASIK groups under normal and low light conditions, using a filter for simulated vision through night vision goggles.

Treatment of Presbyopia in Emmetropes Using a Shape-Changing Corneal Inlay: One-Year Clinical Outcomes.

Purpose: To report 1-year safety and efficacy clinical outcomes of a shape-changing corneal inlay for the treatment of presbyopia.

Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter United States Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption clinical trial (clinicaltrials.gov identifier, NCT01373580).

Prevalence of laser vision correction in ophthalmologists who perform refractive surgery.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of laser corneal refractive surgery (laser vision correction [LVC]) among ophthalmologists who perform these procedures and to assess the willingness of these ophthalmologists to recommend LVC to immediate family members.

Setting: Online survey with results analyzed at Surgivision Consultants, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery after implantation of a transparent near vision corneal inlay.

Purpose: To describe two cases of successful femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery in patients with a transparent hydrogel corneal inlay (Raindrop Near Vision Inlay; ReVision Optics, Inc., Lake Forest, CA).

Methods: Case report.

Phakic intraocular lens implantation in United States military warfighters: a retrospective analysis of early clinical outcomes of the Visian ICL.

Purpose: To assess short-term clinical outcomes after implantation of phakic intraocular lenses (Visian ICL, STAAR Surgical Co) in US military warfighters who are not good candidates for laser vision correction.

Methods: A retrospective interventional consecutive case series analysis of all eyes that underwent ICL surgery during a 14-month time period was performed. Main outcome measures included indications for surgery, efficacy, predictability, and early adverse events.