Visual performance after the implantation of a new trifocal intraocular lens.

Purpose: To evaluate the subjective and objective visual results after the implantation of a new trifocal diffractive intraocular lens.

Methods: A NEW TRIFOCAL DIFFRACTIVE INTRAOCULAR LENS WAS DESIGNED COMBINING TWO SUPERIMPOSED DIFFRACTIVE PROFILES: one with +1.75 diopters (D) addition for intermediate vision and the other with +3.

Efficacy, safety, and flap dimensions of a new femtosecond laser for laser in situ keratomileusis.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical results of a preproduction femtosecond laser for flap creation in laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Setting: Private practice, Brussels, Belgium.

Methods: This study comprised myopic eyes with a plano target refraction and a target flap thickness of 110 microm.

Keratitis and corneal scarring after UVA/riboflavin cross-linking for keratoconus.

Purpose: To report four cases of severe keratitis after standard corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) treatment for keratoconus.

Methods: Four patients with progressive keratoconus from two different centers were treated by ultraviolet A (UVA) CXL, using riboflavin as a photosensitizer. The epithelium was removed over the central 8 to 9 mm of the cornea.

Predicting cataract surgery results using a macular function test.

Purpose: To assess the predictive value of a macular function test in the preoperative evaluation of cataract patients.

Setting: Clinique Generale St-Jean, Brussels, Belgium.

Methods: This prospective study comprised 396 uneventful consecutive cataract procedures performed by 1 surgeon from September 2000 to February 2001.