Quality of life following glaucoma surgery: canaloplasty versus trabeculectomy.

Purpose: To evaluate quality of life (QoL) with a new questionnaire after canaloplasty (CP) and trabeculectomy (TE).

Patients And Methods: We assessed outcomes of surgery, rate of revision surgeries, patients' mood, and influence of postoperative care on QoL, surgery interference with daily activities, and postsurgical complaints. Patients completed the QoL questionnaire 24 months after surgery.

Ultra-soft PDMS-based magnetoactive elastomers as dynamic cell culture substrata.

Mechanical cues such as extracellular matrix stiffness and movement have a major impact on cell differentiation and function. To replicate these biological features in vitro, soft substrata with tunable elasticity and the possibility for controlled surface translocation are desirable. Here we report on the use of ultra-soft (Young's modulus <100 kPa) PDMS-based magnetoactive elastomers (MAE) as suitable cell culture substrata.

First clinical results with a new 200 kHz femtosecond laser system.

Background: The aim of this study was to perform the first femtosecond laser cuts with a new prototype femtosecond laser, in vivo and to evaluate its safety, stability and efficacy.

Methods: A LASIK cut was performed with a prototype 200 kHz femtosecond laser in both eyes of nine patients and one eye of two patients (20 individual eyes in total). A complete ophthalmic examination was performed preoperatively and postoperatively at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the procedure.

Precision, morphology, and histology of corneal flap cuts using a 200-kHz femtosecond laser.

Purpose: Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) requires precise corneal flap cutting. Especially the creation of thin flaps has recently gained importance for thin-flap LASIK. Currently, there is a trend towards faster femtosecond lasers that can produce flaps in a short period of time.

Safety, efficacy, predictability and stability of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with a 1000-Hz scanning spot excimer laser.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety, efficacy, predictability and stability of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with a 1000-Hz scanning spot excimer laser (Concept System 1000; WaveLight GmbH, Erlangen, Germany).

Methods: LASIK was performed on twenty eyes with myopia or myopic astigmatism (mean spherical equivalent refraction: -3.97±1.

Clinical results with the light adjustable intraocular lens after cataract surgery.

Purpose: The accuracy of intraocular lens (IOL) calculation is limited by the variation of the measurement of corneal power, axial length, anterior chamber depth, and effective postoperative lens position. Therefore, IOL predictability is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the novel light adjustable lens (LAL, Calhoun Vision).

First clinical results of epithelial laser in situ keratomileusis with a 1000 Hz excimer laser.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety, stability, and efficacy of the first clinical cases of epithelial laser in situ keratomileusis (epi-LASIK) performed using a 1000 Hz excimer laser system.

Setting: Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.

Methods: The epi-LASIK procedure was performed using an EpiLift microkeratome and a WaveLight Concept System 1000 laser.