Publications by authors named "Jose Benjamin Cruz-Rodriguez"

Purpose: To evaluate long-term efficacy, safety, predictability and stability (refractive and keratometric) of myopic and myopic astigmatism correction with Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE).

Methods: Single center retrospective review of eyes undergoing SMILE from 2012-2015. Forty-two eyes (23 patients) with ≥ 5-year follow-up.

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Purpose: To evaluate long-term efficacy, safety, predictability, and stability of a posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (Visian implantable collamer lens [ICL]) in eyes with ≥10 years of follow-up.

Setting: Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular, Barcelona, Spain.

Design: Retrospective study.

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COVID-19 has posed an extraordinary burden on health and the economy worldwide. Patients with cardiovascular diseases are more likely to have severe illness due to COVID-19 and are at increased risk for complications and mortality. We performed a narrative literature review to assess the burden of COVID-19 and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

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