Quality of vision clinical outcomes for a new fully-refractive extended depth of focus Intraocular Lens.

Background/objective: To evaluate the visual performance of a purely refractive extended depth of focus (EDF) intraocular lens (IOL).

Subjects/methods: A prospective, multi-center, randomized, subject/evaluator-masked study. Subjects were bilaterally implanted with the EDF test (Model ZEN00V, TECNIS PureSee™ IOL, N = 60) or an enhanced monofocal control (Model ICB00, TECNIS Eyhance™ IOL, N = 57) IOL.

Visual performance and positional stability of a capsulorhexis-fixated extended depth-of-focus intraocular lens.

Purpose: To examine the 6-month outcomes of visual performance and positional stability of a capsule-fixated intraocular lens (IOL), FEMTIS Comfort MF15, extended depth-focus (EDOF) version, after cataract surgery performed using femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery capsulotomy.

Setting: Vision Eye Institute, Sydney, Australia.

Design: Prospective open-label postregistration data collection.

Role of percent peripheral tissue ablated on refractive outcomes following hyperopic LASIK.

Objectives: To determine the effect of hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis (H-LASIK) on corneal integrity, by investigating relationships between proportionate corneal tissue ablated and refractive outcomes at 3 months.

Methods: 18 eyes of 18 subjects treated with H-LASIK by Technolas 217c Excimer Laser were included in the study. Orbscan II Topography System was used to determine corneal volume and pachymetry 3mm temporally (3T).

Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in 2015.

Small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) represents a recent addition to the refractive surgeon's range of procedures. Although there remains a number of similarities to existing techniques in terms of patient selection and treatment parameters, consideration is required to optimise patient outcomes and satisfaction. Here, we review the selection criteria, contraindications, indications and existing published safety and efficacy outcomes.

Lacquer cracks developing after phakic intraocular lens implantation.

Purpose: To describe a case of lacquer cracks developing after phakic intraocular lens implantation.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 46-year-old woman diagnosed as having extreme myopia and corrected distance visual acuity of 20/40 presented with decreased vision and a central scotoma less than 24 hours following phakic intraocular lens implantation.

Changes to corneal aberrations and vision after Presbylasik refractive surgery using the MEL 80 platform.

Purpose: To investigate changes to corneal surface aberrations and vision between PresbyLASIK and LASIK for correction of presbyopia using the MEL 80 platform (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany).

Methods: The retrospective data of 31 patients who underwent PresbyLASIK (the PresbyLASIK group) between January 2009 and November 2011 and 20 matched patients who underwent LASIK (the LASIK group) were analyzed for changes to refraction, corrected distance visual acuity, and corneal surface wavefront aberrations calculated over 4- and 6-mm pupils. Outcomes at the 3-month follow-up visit were compared to data collected immediately prior to surgery and between PresbyLASIK and LASIK correction.

Axial myopic progression following phakic intraocular lens implantation.

Unlabelled: A 45-year-old woman presented to her ophthalmologist complaining of worsening uncorrected distance visual acuity following placement of an Implantable Collamer Lens phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) approximately 10 years earlier. Prior to the pIOL surgery, contact ultrasound axial length (AL) measurements of 28.28 mm in the right eye and 27.

Traumatic late flap dehiscence and Enterobacter keratitis following LASIK.

Purpose: To report a case of traumatic flap dehiscence and Enterobacter keratitis 34 months after LASIK.

Methods: A 36-year-old man sustained a flap dehiscence following traumatic right eye gouging by a seagull claw. He presented the following day with uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) in the affected eye of 3/200 and organic foreign body deposits underneath the flap.

Intraocular contact lens tamponade to facilitate penetrating keratoplasty in perforated corneas.

Penetrating keratoplasty in the presence of a perforated cornea is a relatively common and difficult surgical problem. In the worst scenario, there may be extrusion of ocular contents during trephination. Two cases of perforated corneas are presented in which a new technique was used to close the perforation and normalize intraocular pressure.

Ocular association of HIV infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy and the global perspective.

Ocular involvement is a common complication of HIV infection. Since the late 1990s, widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has altered the spectrum, and reduced the incidence of ocular involvement in developed countries. The incidence of the most common ocular opportunistic infection, cytomegalovirus retinitis, has decreased tremendously.

Cornea-sparing laser in situ keratomileusis: ablation on the flap.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of laser ablation on the flap as a treatment for a refractive error.

Setting: Laser Sight Centres, Sydney, Australia.

Methods: In this noncomparative case series, 142 treatments were performed in 98 patients using cornea-sparing laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with ablation of the corneal flap and, in some cases, also the stromal bed for spherical equivalent (SE) refractive errors from -0.