Long-term results after bare sclera pterygium resection with excimer smoothing and local application of mitomycin C.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term results and complications after bare sclera pterygium excision with local application of mitomycin C and consecutive smoothing of the wound area with an excimer laser (PTK).

Methods: This was an observational case series of 133 eyes of 101 patients who underwent pterygium surgery using the bare sclera technique. Thirty-one of these treated eyes (23%) were recurrences with a mean of 3 previous operations.

Dental arch width in Class II Division 2 deep-bite malocclusion.

A severe phenotype of Angle's Class II Division 2 (II/2) malocclusion with extremely deep overbite has been called cover-bite, or "Deckbiss" in its early German descriptions. This distinctive occlusal variation is characterized by skeletofacial hypodivergence, mandibular dentoalveolar retrusion, excessive bony chin projection, reduced mesiodistal tooth size, maxillary incisor retroclination, and at least 100% overbite, covering at least 1 mandibular incisor in occlusion. In this study, maxillary and mandibular dental arch widths measured at the first molars and the canines were recorded from dental casts of 23 subjects with II/2 cover-bite malocclusions.

Comparison of visual acuities at different distances and defocus curves.

Purpose: To evaluate how visual acuities at different distances correlate with results from defocus curves.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology and Institute of Medical Physics, University of Vienna, Medical School, Vienna, and Department of Ophthalmology, Krankenhaus St. Pölten, St.

Endothelial cell loss after phacoemulsification: relation to preoperative and intraoperative parameters.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of the location of the corneoscleral tunnel incision as well as preoperative and intraoperative parameters on total and localized endothelial cell loss.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Methods: Fifty consecutive patients scheduled for routine cataract surgery were selected prospectively for this clinical trial.