Modern corneal and refractive procedures

Modern corneal and refractive procedures

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Eye Care Center, University of British Columbia, 2550 Willow Street, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3N9, Canada Department of Ophthalmology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Brandon Regional Health Authority, Brandon, MB, Canada Author for correspondence: [email protected] Recent advances in technology and our understanding of corneal physiology have led to...

Corneal Refractive Procedures for the Treatment of Presbyopia

PURPOSE Refractive surgery has been in use for a long time and is evolving at a fast pace with several new corneal procedures being used for the correction of presbyopia. The purpose of this article is to give a comprehensive review of the literature to evaluate the outcome and success of different corneal refractive surgical procedures in presbyopic patients. METHODS We performed a comprehen...

Basic knowledge of refractive surgery: correction of refractive errors using modern surgical procedures.

INTRODUCTION Refractive ophthalmic surgery allows refractive errors to be corrected permanently in a safe, effective, and reliable way with few complications. METHODS Selective literature review with special reference to the guidelines of the German Commission for Refractive Surgery. RESULTS With a total of almost 18 million treatments performed to date, laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK)...

Corneal & refractive surgery.

Excimer lasers and high technology instrumentation have ushered in a new era of vision improvement surgery in Hawaii, replacing the more traditional forms of refractive surgery: cataract surgery, corneal transplant surgery, and radial keratotomy. Corneal surgery has been enhanced by new techniques of microsurgery and a more effective tissue procurement system for donor corneal tissue. Several l...

Eye axes and their relevance to alignment of corneal refractive procedures.