Frequency doubling technology in patients submitted to laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK): cost-benefit analysis [PDF]
PURPOSE: To check if there is functional damage to magnocellular cells using the frequency doubling technology (FDT), after laser assisted in situ keratomileusis-LASIK intraocular pressure increase and to analyze the benefit of this test in patients ...
Aires, Rejane Carvalho +3 more
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Endothelial damage after planned extracapsular cataract extraction and phacoemulsification of hard cataracts [PDF]
PURPOSE: To evaluate and compare the endothelial damage after planned extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) and phacoemulsification of very hard cataracts.
Nosé, Walton, Stumpf, Simone
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Anterior ocular segment study with the Scheimpflug rotational camera in refractive surgery candidates [PDF]
PURPOSE: To analyze the anterior segment of refractive surgery candidates and establish the variability pattern in this population regarding corneal volume, anterior chamber volume and depth and corneal thickness, using the noncontact three dimensional ...
Campos, Mauro Silveira de Queiroz +3 more
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Objetivos: Estudiar los cambios endoteliales y el grosor central de la córnea (CCE) que presentan los pacientes operados de catarata con el método convencional de facoemulsificación y el asistido con láser de femtosegundos.
Georgina Givaudan Pedroza +3 more
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Use of amniotic membrane transplantation to treat bullous keratopathy [PDF]
PURPOSE: To evaluate the therapeutic effect on amniotic membrane transplantation in symptomatic bullous keratopathy. METHODS: Nine patients with symptomatic bullous keratopathy, candidates or not for penetrating keratoplasty were evaluated before, 1, 3 ...
Freitas, Denise de +4 more
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Atypical presentation of pellucid marginal degeneration: case report [PDF]
The authors report an unusual clinical presentation of pellucid marginal degeneration with 360º peripheral corneal thinning diagnosed in a younger male patient. We discuss the findings of topographic maps, ultrasound pachymetry and the proposed treatment.
Machado, Renato +4 more
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Relevância da biomecânica da córnea no glaucoma
Relato de caso de uma paciente, com córnea espessa, por distrofia de Fuchs em fase inicial, ainda com transparência corneana preservada (edema corneano subclínico), associado à pressão intraocular (PIO) normal por tonometria de aplanação de Goldman (TAG),
Jorge Augusto Siqueira da Silva +2 more
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Resultados visuales a corto plazo del FemtoLASIK en el Hospital Cubano de Catar. 2017
Introducción: El novedoso LASER de femto segundo y su aplicación en la cirugía refractiva, promete elevar esta última a niveles superiores constituyendo el incentivo para analizar los resultados.
Yunior Jesús Leyva Díaz +3 more
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Relevância da biomecânica da córnea no glaucoma
Relato de caso de uma paciente, com córnea espessa, por distrofia de Fuchs em fase inicial, ainda com transparência corneana preservada (edema corneano subclínico), associado à pressão intraocular (PIO) normal por tonometria de aplanação de Goldman (TAG),
Jorge Augusto Siqueira da Silva +2 more
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Intrastromal corneal ring for low myopia: a comparative study with LASIK [PDF]
PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) for the correction of low myopia, and to compare the obtained results with a control group submitted to laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).
Belfort, Rubens Junior +3 more
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