Higher Order Aberrations in Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Versus Manual Cataract Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Purpose: To evaluate differences in higher order aberrations (HOAs) between femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) and manual cataract surgery.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, consecutive patients undergoing FLACS or manual cataract surgery with implantation of an intraocular lens from January 2017 to February 2018 were recruited. Patients underwent aberrometry testing at least 2 months postoperatively.

Implantation of multifocal intraocular lenses using a magnification strategy in cataractous eyes with age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose: To examine visual function after targeting -2.0 diopter (D) spherical equivalent (SE) when implanting a multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) in eyes with cataract and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Setting: Three private practices.

A new system, the LipiFlow, for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the LipiFlow System compared to the iHeat Warm Compress (WC) for adults with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

Methods: This was a non-significant risk, prospective, open-label, randomized, crossover multicenter clinical trial. One hundred thirty-nine subjects were randomized between LipiFlow (n=69) and WC control (n=70).

Severe photic phenomenon.

A 69-year-old man who had uneventful bilateral cataract surgery with visual acuity of 20/15 without correction presented with severe dysphotopsia. Treatment with brimonidine (Alphagan) or pilocarpine did not resolve the symptoms. A multipiece silicone intraocular lens was piggybacked into the sulcus, and the patient no longer reported dysphotopsia.

Light-transmission-spectrum comparison of foldable intraocular lenses.

Purpose: To compare the light transmittance of 4 currently marketed intraocular lenses (IOLs) with that of the new AcrySof Natural IOL (Alcon Laboratories, Inc.), which is designed to mimic the light-attenuating characteristics of the human crystalline lens.

Setting: Research laboratory, Alcon Research, Ltd.

Posterior capsule opacification and neodymium: YAG capsulotomy rates with AcrySof acrylic and PhacoFlex II silicone intraocular lenses.

Purpose: To compare the incidence and severity of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) and neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) capsulotomy rates between AcrySof(R) MA30BA acrylic (Alcon) and PhacoFlex(R) II SI-40NB silicone (AMO) intraocular lenses (IOLs).

Setting: Outpatient Cataract Surgery Center, TLC Eyecare and Laser Center, Jackson, Michigan, USA.

Methods: AcrySof and PhacoFlex II IOLs were implanted in fellow eyes of 156 patients requiring bilateral cataract extraction.

Cataract surgery after holmium:YAG laser thermal keratoplasty.

A 64-year old man had noncontact holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser thermal keratoplasty (LTK) performed in the left eye on March 10, 1998, and in the right eye on January 11, 1999. The patient achieved 1.3 diopters (D) and 1.