Optimized Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Ectasia Detection Using Scheimpflug-Based Corneal Tomography and Biomechanical Data.

Purpose: To optimize artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to integrate Scheimpflug-based corneal tomography and biomechanics to enhance ectasia detection.

Design: Multicenter cross-sectional case-control retrospective study.

Methods: A total of 3886 unoperated eyes from 3412 patients had Pentacam and Corvis ST (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH) examinations.

Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery: Opinions among Refractive Surgeons in the United States and a Comparative Analysis with European Consultants.

Purpose: To analyze the perspectives of practicing refractive surgeons regarding the implementation of Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) in the United States (US) and to compare their perspectives with those of European colleagues. . Online refractive surgery forum.

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.

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.

LASIK for mixed astigmatism using the ALLEGRETTO WAVE: 3- and 6-month results with the 200- and 400-Hz platforms.

Purpose: To report the refractive results after LASIK for mixed astigmatism at one center with one surgeon comparing two laser platforms.

Methods: A total of 137 eyes of 69 patients were treated with LASIK for mixed astigmatism up to 3.33 diopters (D) using either the ALLEGRETTO WAVE 200- or 400-Hz laser (Alcon Laboratories Inc) between April 2006 and December 2009.

LASIK for -6.00 to -12.00 D of myopia with up to 3.00 D of cylinder using the ALLEGRETTO WAVE: 3- and 6-month results with the 200- and 400-Hz platforms.

Purpose: To report the refractive results after LASIK for high myopia and cylinder at one center with one surgeon comparing two laser platforms.

Methods: A total of 206 eyes of 121 patients were treated for -6.00 to -12.

Circular keratotomy to reduce astigmatism and improve vision in stage I and II keratoconus.

Purpose: To report the use of circular keratotomy in eyes with stage I and II keratoconus to reduce astigmatism.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed of all eyes operated from 1993 to 2006 by one surgeon using circular keratotomy for stage I and II keratoconus. Results were evaluated for reduction of corneal astigmatism, refractive stability, and change in best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA).

Four-year postoperative results of the US ALLEGRETTO WAVE clinical trial for the treatment of hyperopia.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term refractive stability after LASIK for hyperopia with the WaveLight ALLEGRETTO WAVE Excimer Laser System.

Methods: All 151 patients enrolled in the 2000-2002 FDA study of the ALLEGRETTO WAVE laser were contacted by the investigators approximately 4 years after study completion to be evaluated for refractive stability.

Results: A total of 127/290 (43.

Wavefront-optimized versus wavefront-guided LASIK for myopic astigmatism with the ALLEGRETTO WAVE: three-month results of a prospective FDA trial.

Purpose: To compare visual outcomes using the WaveLight ALLEGRETTO WAVE to administer either wavefront-optimized (standard LASIK) or wavefront-guided (custom LASIK) treatments in myopic eyes.

Methods: In this prospective, open-label, multicenter study conducted in the United States, 374 eyes were randomized by alternating enrollment to receive either wavefront-optimized or wavefront-guided LASIK treatments with this laser platform. Bilateral treatments were administered, with both eyes of each patient receiving the same treatment.

Standardized analyses of correction of astigmatism by laser systems that reshape the cornea.

Purpose: To develop a minimum set of analyses and a format for presentation of outcomes of astigmatism correction by laser systems that reshape the cornea.

Methods: An Astigmatism Project group was created under the auspices of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z80.11 Working Group on Laser Systems for Corneal Reshaping.

Systematic evaluation of wavefront-guided outcomes.

Purpose: To present a format for reporting outcomes of aberrometer-guided refractive procedures.

Setting: SurgiVision Consultants, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona, and Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockland, Maryland, USA.

Femtosecond laser versus mechanical keratome flaps in wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis: prospective contralateral eye study.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) performed using the IntraLase femtosecond laser with the outcomes using the Hansatome mechanical microkeratome.

Setting: Private clinic, Overland Park, Kansas, USA.

Methods: In a prospective contralateral-eye study performed under institutional review board supervision, 51 consecutive patients (102 eyes) had bilateral wavefront-guided LASIK for myopia using the Alcon LADARVision laser.

Subjective assessment of mesopic visual function after laser in situ keratomileusis.

The authors' study evaluated subjective reports of mesopic visual function after LASIK for spherical and spherocylindrical myopia and evaluated whether age, pupil size, treatment amount, residual postoperative refractive error, or other factors correlated with subjective findings. Preoperative, 3-month, and 6-month subjective patient questionnaires were administered. Results for questions about glare with night driving and glare with bright lights were tallied and evaluated using standard statistical methods.

Comparison of the IntraLase femtosecond laser and mechanical keratomes for laser in situ keratomileusis.

Purpose: To compare laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) results obtained with the femtosecond laser (IntraLase Corp.) to those obtained using 2 popular mechanical microkeratomes.

Setting: Private practice, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.