early half of the population of North Amercia has myopia; the prevalence of myopia in other populations ranges from 2 to 60%, as McCarty and colleagues document in this issue of the Journal (pp. 229-234). The ideal goal of refrac-tive surgery for such individuals is to eliminate the need for distance optical correction and to allow them to see as well as—or better than—they could with spectacle...

Purpose To evaluate refractive status and identify predictors of surgical success following a combined silicone oil removal/cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation procedure. Methods In this single-armed, retrospective study, we reviewed patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery followed by a combined silicone oil removal/cataract surgery procedure between 2009 and 2013. ...

The primary goal of refractive surgery is the smallest residual refractive error and preserved contrast sensitivity with the same visual capacity under bright and dim illumination. Corneal refractive surgery cannot correct very high ametopias; from -10 to -14 D is the limit of myopia correction in the cornea and from +4 to +6 D, the limit of hyperopia correction. Intraocular refractive surgery ...

PURPOSE To compare intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation and refractive outcome between patients who underwent laser refractive cataract surgery with a femtosecond laser and those with conventional cataract surgery. METHODS In this prospective study, 77 eyes from 77 patients underwent laser refractive cataract surgery (laser group; Alcon LenSx femtosecond laser), and conventional cataract ...

Purpose. To investigate refractive changes after strabismus correction procedures among adults. Methods. Retrospective chart review of adult patients who had horizontal recti muscles surgery with preoperative and postoperative cycloplegic refraction measurements. The preoperative refraction was mathematically subtracted from the postoperative refraction, and the induced refractive changes were ...

Intraocular lens (IOL) power calculations are known to be difficult in eyes that have had corneal refractive surgery and several methods have been proposed to estimate IOL power. Among the methods not requiring preoperative data, the apahakic refraction technique has been successfully used to calculate IOL power in post-refractive cases and other conditions that cause unreliability in standard ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current recommendations regarding laser refractive surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus and to assess whether these patients make appropriate candidates for laser vision correction. METHODS A literature search was conducted to identify current research on the ocular complications of diabetes and original publications on laser refr...

Nowadays cataract surgery is refractive surgery as well. Intraocular lens implantation is gold standard, but there is plenty types of intraocular lenses, monofocal, multifocal, accommodating, and toric. Problem is to pick up correct one according life style, profession, health status and age. The aim is review current possibilities in cataract, refractive surgery and aphakia management.