PURPOSE To evaluate changes in clinical practice in the field of refractive surgery in Korea over the past 10 years. METHODS A survey consisting of 59 multiple-choice questions regarding the preferred types of refractive surgery, excimer laser machine, and presbyopia surgery was mailed to 742 members of the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in January 2016, and 50 members resp...

Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens implantation is a refractive technique for the correction of myopia. This study aimed to identify those factors contributing variability in postoperative refraction. Methods: retrospective evaluated 73 eyes (one eye per patient) implanted with myopic implantable collamer lenses (ICL). Eyes were divided into two groups, low group (LMG) (ICL > −9.5 DS)...

The classical Javal's rule allows estimation of refractive cylinder from keratometric astigmatism using scaling for vergence transformation, with an additional half dioptre against-the-rule. With increasing popularity toric intraocular lenses it has been shown that does not fully reflect the entire phakic or pseudophakic eye. Researchers mostly argue this mismatch is primarily due to corneal ba...

keratoconus is a non-inflammatory, progressive thinning process of the cornea. it is a relatively common disorder of unknown etiology that can involve each layer of the cornea and often leads to high myopia and astigmatism. computer- assisted corneal topography devices are valuable diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of subclinical keratoconus and for tracking the progression of the disease. the...

PURPOSE To assess the change in ocular surface temperature between healthy phakic and pseudophakic patients. METHODS We included patients with no history of ocular disease other than cataract. Patients were divided into three groups: clear lens, cataract, and pseudophakic. All patients had two ocular surface digital thermal scans. An average of five surface points was used as the mean ocular ...

AIMS To evaluate the endothelial quality of corneas obtained from pseudophakic donors and to compare the data with matched phakic controls. METHODS Corneas from eyes with posterior chamber intraocular lenses (PCIOLs) and corneas from phakic eyes (controls) were stored for 1-2 weeks in organ culture and then examined after staining with Alizarin red S. The corneas were divided into two groups ...

conclusions: these data demonstrated that the attachment of bacteria to hydrophilic acrylic iols was more than hydrophobic pmma ones independent of the brand. according to these results the bacterial strain might have more hydrophilic properties. augmenting the biomass of biofilm by passing of time demonstrated the key role of time in biofilm formation on the iol surfaces. the differences betwe...

The leading topic of this particular paper is dedicated to available surgical options for refractive eye disorders treatment including surgery of cornea and intraocular surgery. Corneal Surgery includes laser refractive surgery - LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis), FemtoLASIK (Femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK), PRK (Photorefractive keratectomy). This article describes relevant princi...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy during 5-year follow-up of phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) implantation to correct high anisometropia in amblyopic children who were non-compliant with traditional medical treatment including spectacles or contact lenses. METHODS Retrospective study of 10 eyes of 10 children with high anisometropia who underwent PIOL implantation (9 with an iris-supp...