Effect of excimer laser beam delivery and beam shaping on corneal sphericity in photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 464-470

  Müller, Bert ^a   Boeck, Thomas ^b   Hartmann, Christian ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; KERATECTOMY; LASER; LIGHT REFRACTION; MASK; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CASTS, SURGICAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SWINE;

EID: 1642300732     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00559-5     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Fiore T., Carones F., Brancato R. Broad beam vs flying spot excimer laser. refractive and videokeratographic outcomes of two different ablation profiles after photorefractive keratectomy J Refract Surg. 17:2001;534-541.
2. Förster W., Clemens S., Brüning S.et al. Steep central islands after myopic photorefractive keratectomy. J Cataract Refract Surg. 24:1998;899-904.
3. Fantes F.E., Waring G.O. III Effect of excimer laser radiant exposure on uniformity of ablated corneal surface. Lasers Surg Med. 9:1989;533-542.
4. Hauge E., Naroo S.A., Charman W.N. Poly(methyl methacrylate) model study of optical surface quality after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. J Cataract Refract Surg. 27:2001;2026-2035.
5. Hersh P.S., Shah S.I., Holladay J.T. Corneal asphericity following excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy; the Summit PRK Topography Study Group. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 27(suppl):1996;S421-S428.
6. Hersh P.S., Shah S.I., Geiger D., Holladay J.T. Corneal optical irregularity after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy; the Summit Photorefractive Keratectomy Topography Study Group. J Cataract Refract Surg. 22:1996;197-204.
7. Lin D.T.C. Corneal topographic analysis after excimer photorefractive keratectomy. Ophthalmology. 101:1994;1432-1439.
8. Dougherty P.J., Wellish K.L., Maloney R.K. Excimer laser ablation rate and corneal hydration. Am J Ophthalmol. 118:1994;169-176.
9. Noack J., Tönnies R., Hohla K.et al. Influence of ablation plume dynamics on the formation of central islands in excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. Ophthalmology. 104:1997;823-830.
10. Puliafito C.A., Stern D., Krueger R.R., Mandel E.R. High-speed photography of excimer laser ablation of the cornea. Arch Ophthalmol. 105:1987;1255-1259.
11. Mierdel P., Kaemmerer M., Krinke H.-E., Seiler T. Effects of photorefractive keratectomy and cataract surgery on ocular optical errors of higher order. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 237:1999;725-729.
12. Mrochen M., Seiler T. Grundlagen der wellenfrontge-führten refraktiven Hornhautchirurgie. Ophthalmologe. 98:2001;703-714.
13. Mrochen M., Kaemmerer M., Mierdel P., Seiler T. Increased higher-order optical aberrations after laser refractive surgery; a problem of subclinical decentration. J Cataract Refract Surg. 27:2001;362-369.
14. Panagopoulou S.I., Pallikaris I.G. Wavefront customized ablations with the WASCA Asclepion workstation. J Refract Surg. 17:2001;608-612.
15. Bachmann W., Jean B., Bende T.et al. Silikonabgussverfahren; Grundlage zur Bestimmung von Ablations- und Heilungsparametern in vitro und in vivo. Ophthalmologe. 90:1993;178-182.
16. Bachmann W., Jean B., Bende T.et al. Silicon cast method for quantification of photoablation. Refract Corneal Surg. 8:1992;363-367.
17. Bachmann W., Jean B., Bende T.et al. Silicone replica technique and automatic confocal topometry for determination of corneal surface roughness. Ger J Ophthalmol. 2:1993;400-403.
18. Krueger R., Campos M., Wang X.W.et al. Corneal surface morphology following excimer laser ablation with humidified gases. Arch Ophthalmol. 111:1993;1131-1137.
19. Itoi M., Ryan R., Depaolis M., Aquavella J.V. Clinical effect of blowing nitrogen gas across the cornea during photorefractive keratectomy. J Refract Surg. 13:1997;69-73.
20. Castillo A., Romero F., Martin-Valverde J.A.et al. Management and treatment of central steep islands after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. J Refract Surg. 12:1996;715-720.
21. Machat J, inventor. Method of ophthalmological surgery. US patent 5 630 810. May 20, 1997.
22. Munnerlyn C.R., Koons S.J., Marshall J. Photorefractive keratectomy. a technique for laser refractive surgery J Cataract Refract Surg. 14:1988;46-52.
23. Mrochen M., Seiler T. Influence of corneal curvature on calculation of ablation patterns used in photorefractive laser surgery. J Refract Surg. 17:2001;S584-S587.
24. Gauthier C.A., Epstein D., Holden B.A.et al. Epithelial alterations following photorefractive keratectomy for myopia. J Refract Surg. 11:1995;113-118.
25. Wirbelauer C., Scholz C., Hoerauf H.et al. Corneal optical coherence tomography before and immediately after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. Am J Ophthalmol. 130:2000;693-699.
26. Moser C., Kampmeier J., McDonnell P., Psaltis D. Feasibility of intraoperative corneal topography monitoring during photorefractive keratectomy. J Refract Surg. 16:2000;148-154.
27. Montés-Micó R., Charman W.N. Mesopic contrast sensitivity function after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. J Refract Surg. 18:2002;9-13.