Most Viewed Articles in 2017
Journal of Refractive Surgery
Karolinne Maia Rocha, MD, PhD
Presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOLs) have revolutionized refractive cataract surgery as evolution in materials and optical designs allowed for a better balance of functionality while reducing unwanted symptoms.
Renato Ambrósio Jr, MD, PhD; Bernardo T. Lopes, MD; Fernando Faria-Correia, MD; Marcella Q. Salomão, MD; Jens Bühren, MD; Cynthia J. Roberts, PhD; Ahmed Elsheikh, PhD; Riccardo Vinciguerra, MD; Paolo Vinciguerra, MD
Authors explain the Tomographic and Biomechanical Index (TBI), which combines Scheimpflugbased corneal tomography and biomechanics for enhancing ectasia detection.
Luca Gualdi, MD; Federica Gualdi, MD; Dario Rusciano, PhD; Renato Ambrósio Jr, MD, PhD; Marcella Q. Salomão, MD; Bernardo Lopes, MD; Veronica Cappello, MD; Tatiana Fintina, MD; Massimo Gualdi, MD
Authors report short-term results of pulsed ciliary muscle electrostimulation to improve near vision, likely through restoring accommodation in patients with emmetropic presbyopia.
Arjan S. Hura, MD; Robert H. Osher, MD
The authors found that small deviations were frequent when comparing two sophisticated technologies.
Anastasios John Kanellopoulos, MD
Topography-guided LASIK was superior in all visual performance parameters studied, both subjective and objective.
J. Bradley Randleman, MD; Marcony R. Santhiago, MD, PhD; George D. Kymionis, MD, PhD; Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD
To facilitate communication and provide consistent, readily accessible protocol details for the reader, we are now recommending using a standardized “CXL Methods” table for every article reporting on CXL methodology.
Hakan Kaymak, MD; Detlev Breyer, MD; Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, FEBO; Beatrice Cochener, MD, PhD
Authors evaluate and compare quality of vision and reading performance outcomes after implantation of bifocal refractive-diffractive, bifocal apodized diffractive, or trifocal diffractive-refractive intraocular lenses (IOLs).
Mounir A. Khalifa, MD, PhD; Ahmed Ghoneim, MD, PhD; Mohamed Shafik Shaheen, MD, PhD; Mohamed G. Aly, MD, PhD; David P. Piñero, PhD
Authors compare the clinical outcomes of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and wavefront-guided LASIK (WFG LASIK) in eyes with low and moderate myopia.
Efekan Coskunseven, MD; Daya Papalkar Sharma, MBBS, FRANZCO; Michael A. Grentzelos, MD; Onurcan Sahin, MSc; George D. Kymionis, MD, PhD; Ioannis Pallikaris, MD, PhD
This four-stage procedure appears to be an effective and safe approach for corneal stabilization and improvement of functional vision in patients with keratoconus.
Mary S. A. Attia, MD; Gerd U. Auffarth, MD, PhD, FEBO; Florian T. A. Kretz, MD, FEBO; Tamer Tandogan, MD; Tanja M. Rabsilber, MD, FEBO; Mike P. Holzer, MD, FEBO; Ramin Khoramnia, MD, FEBO
The EDOF IOL design provided a wide range of improved visual and reading function between far and intermediate distances and also improved near visual acuity.