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2011 Refractive Surgery Outlook Archives
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2011 Features
- October/November: IOL “scaffold” technique helps prevent dropped nucleus
- September: The mystery of why corneal CXL works
- July/August: Epi-On or Epi-Off? Only Time Will Tell
- June: Three new paradigms in surgical vision correction
- May: Does Increased IOP during Femtosecond LASIK Matter?
- April: Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Gains New Attention
- March: Who Will Pay for Femtosecond Cataract Surgery?
- February: Wavefront-Optimized vs. Wavefront-Guided: Where We Stand Four Years Out
- January: Early results suggest combined cross-linking and PRK can improve vision quality in early keratoconus
Journal Updates
November
- Postop flap thickness measurement may be inaccurate for determining original thickness
- Low-grade DLK may not significantly decrease refractive outcomes or corneal aberrations
- Contact lens wearers may face greater infection risk after refractive surgery
- Using femtosecond laser to implant corneal inlays may improve outcomes
- Employing progressive strategy, professional epidemiologists helped control DLK epidemic
- Six-year study shows good outcomes for phakic refractive lens exchange
October
- October issue epitomizes expanding spectrum of refractive surgery
- Aspheric IOLs appear to provide better visual function at night
- Retropupillary iris-claw IOL fixation appears a viable option to transscleral suturing fixation
- Review article finds latest ICL designs have lower complication rate
- Tomographic relational thickness metrics shows promise for diagnosing keratoconus
- Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery does not appear to harm macular structure
September
- Light adjustable lens can manage post-cataract surgery astigmatism
- Toric IOL may be an option in stable keratoconus
- New multifocal toric IOL combined with MICS yields good astigmatic outcomes
- PRK in patients with pigment dispersion syndrome shows positive one-year outcomes
- Low coherence reflectometry comparable to ultrasound, IOL Master
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April - July/August
- Richard Lindstrom on the future of laser-assisted refractive cataract surgery
- Laser-assisted refractive cataract surgery yields more predictable postop IOL positioning
- Study finds high correlation between Strehl ratio and disturbance index in LASIK-treated patients
- Combination CXL, phakic IOL can provide good outcomes in progressive keratoconus
- Phakic IOL shows good long-term results in children with anisometropic amblyopia
- Animal study charts IOP rise during femtosecond LASIK
- New ORA software can better detect biomechanical changes after CXL
- Editorial reviews ORA utility, suggests new terminology
- Study analyzes different corneal wavefront models
- Combined PRK and CXL shows good results in post-LASIK corneal ectasia
- Epithelial thickness profiles appear useful for monitoring patients after CXL
- Meta-analysis finds refractive surgery can improve vision in children with anisometropic amblyopia
- Combined PRK and CXL shows good results in post-LASIK corneal ectasia
- Epithelial thickness profiles appear useful for monitoring patients after CXL
- Meta-analysis finds refractive surgery can improve vision in children with anisometropic amblyopia
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January - March
- Journal Editor-in-Chief: Make it brief
- Ocular Response Analyzer measurements may not be useful in diagnosing keratoconus
- Toric IOL and peripheral corneal relaxing incisions appear equally effective in astigmatic correction
- Residents provide better outcomes with PRK than LASIK in their initial refractive experience
- Study finds linear correlation between riboflavin concentration and absorption coefficient
- Toric implantable collamer lens appears as effective as bioptics for myopic astigmatism
- Toric IOLs and peripheral corneal relaxing incisions appear equally effective in reducing postop astigmatism
- Spherical aberration significantly affects low contrast visual acuity under mesopic conditions
- Epi-LASIK may result in more haze compared to LASEK
- Study suggests glucose may enhance the efficiency of CXL
- Corneal hysteresis and corneal resistance factor appear to be poor predictors of keratoconus F
- emtosecond-assisted big-bubble technique may improve standardization of DALK for keratoconus
- Wavefront-optimized, topography-guided PRK produce similar visual acuity, contrast sensitivity
- LASIK may be effective in adults with unilateral amblyopia
- Toric IOLs can improve astigmatism in cataract patients with ocular complexities or comorbidities
- LASIK-induced micro-monovision shows good results in patients with presbyopia and myopic astigmatism
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