Corneal collagen cross-linking for the treatment of progressive keratoconus: 3-year prospective outcome.

Objective: To assess the long-term effects of treatment of progressive keratoconus with ultraviolet A-riboflavin collagen cross-linking (CXL).

Design: This was a prospective clinical study.

Participants: Seventeen eyes of 17 patients with progressive keratoconus were treated with CXL.

Femtosecond thin-flap LASIK for the correction of ametropia after penetrating keratoplasty.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of LASIK with thin femtosecond laser flaps for the treatment of refractive errors after penetrating keratoplasty (PK).

Methods: Eleven consecutive eyes underwent femtosecond thin-flap LASIK 51.6+/-42.

Effect of thin femtosecond LASIK flaps on corneal sensitivity and tear function.

Purpose: To evaluate changes in comeal sensitivity and tear function following myopic LASIK with thin femtosecond flaps.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed to compare corneal sensitivity (filament), tear breakup time, and anesthetized Schirmer test preoperatively and at 1 week and 2 and 6 months postoperatively.

Results: Seventy-two eyes of 38 consecutive patients (20 women and 18 men) who underwent LASIK for myopia or myopic astigmatism with thin femtosecond flaps (IntraLase femtosecond laser system and Technolas 217 PlanoScan V2.

Laser in situ keratomileusis in myopic patients with congenital nystagmus.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and IntraLASIK in the treatment of myopic patients with nystagmus.

Methods: Eight patients with congenital nystagmus (16 eyes), aged 23 to 49 years, had LASIK surgery. Corneal flaps were created using the Bausch & Lomb Hansatome microkeratome or the IntraLase femtosecond laser.

[Wavefront-guided lasek after intacs in eyes with stable keratoconus].

Background: Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory, progressive thinning disorder of the cornea, resulting in a typical protrusion and in refractive errors and low visual acuity. Many of the patients with stable keratoconus encounter difficulties wearing glasses or contact lenses.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of wave-front guided laser assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK) for the correction of residual spherical and spherocylindrical myopia after INTACS insertion in patients with stable keratoconus.