Methods: Medical records were reviewed of 107,613 patients who underwent LASIK at a single center in Spain. Cases of infectious keratitis were identified from a computerized clinical database. Medical records were reviewed in detail of those patients who developed this complication to identify demographic and other clinical factors associated with this occurrence. Incidence of infection was com...

PURPOSE To compare self-reported quality of vision (QoV) outcomes after myopic LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) with two femtosecond lasers. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, eye-to-eye study. METHODS Consecutive myopic patients were treated with wavefront-guided LASIK bilaterally. Eyes were randomized according to ocular dominance. The flap of one eye was made with the IntraLase...

PURPOSE To test a pseudophakic eye model that allows for intraocular lens power (IOL) calculation, both in normal eyes and in extreme conditions, such as post-LASIK. METHODS PARTICIPANTS The model's efficacy was tested in 54 participants (104 eyes) who underwent LASIK and were assessed before and after surgery, thus allowing to test the same method in the same eye after only changing corne...

P hotorefractive keratectomy for correction of myopia was the first excimer laser-based technique to be developed. During the last 25 years, excimer lasers have improved technologically, several variations of the technique have been developed and preand postoperative pharmaceutical therapies have been investigated. This review article summarises these developments and the published meta-analyse...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to compare the visual performance of LASIK eyes measured using high-contrast logMAR letter charts under bright (photopic) and dim (mesopic) conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 46 subjects (35 +/- 8 years of age) undergoing LASIK procedures were recruited for the study. The best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) of each subject was measure...

PURPOSE The aims of our study were to investigate whether laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to identify factors that affect postoperative HRQoL. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 213 Japanese patients who underwent primary LASIK were analyzed in this study. The average age of patients was 35.0±9.4 years. The subjects were asked to answer q...

Here we present the case of a 27-year-old woman with benign joint hypermobility (BJHS) syndrome who developed keratectasia after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in both eyes. Both eyes had identical low Randleman risk factor scores. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such a complication in a patient with BJHS. It highlights our incomplete knowledge of the risk factors for kerate...

Laser corneal refractive surgery is based on the use of a laser (typically an excimer one) to change the corneal curvature to compensate for refractive errors of the eye1. It has become the most successful technique, mainly due to the submicron precision and the high repeatability of the ablation of the cornea accompanied by minimal side effects. One of the most significant side-effects in myop...

AIMS To report our initial experience with femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLEX) compared with femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). SETTINGS AND DESIGN This was a prospective pilot study carried out at the Refractive Surgery Department of the Beyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS Surgery was performed on both eyes of 14 c...

PURPOSE To evaluate and compare visual, refractive, and corneal aberrometric outcomes after implantation of 2 types of intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) in eyes with early to moderate ectatic disease. SETTINGS Vissum Corporation-Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. METHODS This retrospective analysis comprised consecutive eyes with grade I or grade II corneal ectasi...