Publications by authors named "Izak Wessels"
Purpose: To determine whether there is a difference in the incidence of short-term complications using plain lidocaine with epinephrine versus the buffered equivalent in eyelid surgery.
Methods: The authors performed a prospective, double-masked, randomized study in patients scheduled for combined upper eyelid blepharoplasty and levator advancement ptosis repair surgery with local anesthesia. Exclusion criteria included: documented allergies to lidocaine and/or epinephrine; known pregnancy; profound cognitive impairment; inability to understand the visual analog scale or the informed consent; and previous eyelid surgery.
Background And Objective: To compare the utility and accuracy of high-precision immersion ultrasound, partial coherence interferometry, and the IOL Master system (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) in a tertiary care referral center.
Patients And Methods: Comparative clinical study in a tertiary care, multispecialty, university practice. Participants were consecutive patients scheduled for cataract surgery at Emory Eye Center.
Purpose: To discover if initial culturing conditions (plate temperature and time delay to incubation) adversely influence the recovery of organisms associated with bacterial keratitis.
Methods: The rate of temperature equilibration of culture plates taken from a refrigerator and placed in an incubator and left on the desk was evaluated with a digital thermometer. A standard inoculum for each of five organisms (S.
Purpose: To report a new, noncontact wide field viewing system for vitreoretinal surgery.
Design: Device description: A noncontact wide field viewing system consisting of adjustable hinged arm and a combined condensing lens and reinverting prism has been developed. The arm clamps onto the operating table or wrist rest and holds the lens system in the air above the eye.