Ophthalmology

• Meeting News Coverage

• Presbyopic ‘blended vision’ procedure provides effective outcomes

• May 20, 2013
• MILAN — Laser blended vision effectively addresses presbyopia in myopic and hyperopic patients, according to one surgeon.
  Presbyond (Carl Zeiss...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• New multifocal IOL designs offer better solutions at all distances

• May 14, 2013
• PARIS — Compared with previous models, more recent multifocal implants have refined the refractive transition from the center to the periphery,...More »

• Report

• Unilateral Rainbow Glare After Uncomplicated Femto-LASIK Using the FS-200 Femtosecond Laser

• Journal of Refractive Surgery
  Online Advance Release,
• To report a case of rainbow glare following femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (femto-LASIK) with the Wavelight FS-200 femtosecond laser (Alcon...More »

• Translational Science

• Evaluation of Femtosecond Laser Clear Corneal Incision: An Experimental Study

• Journal of Refractive Surgery
  Online Advance Release,
• To evaluate the changes of corneal topography following femtosecond laser and manual clear corneal incision (CCI).
  Inflation testing was performed in 14...More »

• OSN debuts ‘News You Can Use’ column

• Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition, May 10, 2013
  Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS
• I am pleased to pen the inaugural column of “News You Can Use from UPMC Eye Center” for Ocular Surgery News. This column will present...More »

• Weighing the benefits of femtosecond laser cataract surgery

• Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition, May 10, 2013
  Mitchell A. Jackson, MD
• More than 3 million Americans undergo cataract surgery each year, with more than half of them older than 65 years. In fact, cataract surgery as we know it...More »

• Review

• A New Slant on Toric Intraocular Lens Power Calculation

• Journal of Refractive Surgery, May 2013, Volume 29 Issue 5
• The AcrySof Toric intraocular lens (IOL) (Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, TX) is designed to correct corneal astigmatism ranging from 0.67 to 4.11...More »

• Original Article

• Combined Surgical Management of Capsular and Iris Deficiency With Glued Intraocular Lens Technique

• Journal of Refractive Surgery, May 2013, Volume 29 Issue 5
• To determine the outcome after glued aniridia intraocular lens (IOL) and glued IOL with iridoplasty in eyes with combined lens capsular and iris...More »

• Original Article

• Long-term Outcomes of Photorefractive Keratectomy for Low to High Myopia: 13 to 19 Years of Follow-Up

• Journal of Refractive Surgery, May 2013, Volume 29 Issue 5
• To evaluate long-term outcomes after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
  A retrospective follow-up study of patients who received PRK at 5.0- to 6.5-mm...More »

• Original Article

• Sources of Medical Error in Refractive Surgery

• Journal of Refractive Surgery, May 2013, Volume 29 Issue 5
• To evaluate the causes of laser programming errors in refractive surgery and outcomes in these cases.
  In this multicenter, retrospective chart review, 22...More »

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