Contrast sensitivity after LASIK flap creation with a femtosecond laser and a mechanical microkeratome

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-192

  Montés Micó, Robert ^a   Rodríguez Galietero, Antonio ^b   Alió, Jorge L ^c   Cerviño, Alejandro ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Clínica Oftalmológica Dr Antonio Rodríguez ^*  (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; OFTACILOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEVICE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL MICROKERATOME; MESOPIC VISION; PHOTOPIC VISION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VISION;

EID: 33847124528     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20070201-11     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Vogel A, Günther T, Asiyo-Vogel M, Birngruber R. Factors determining the refractive effects of intrastromal photorefractive keratectomy with the picosecond laser. J Cataract Refract Surg. 1997;23:1301-1310.
2. Kurtz RM, Horvath C, Liu H-H, Krueger RR, Juhasz T. Lamellar refractive surgery with scanned intrastromal picosecond and femtosecond laser pulses in animal eyes. J Refract Surg. 1998;14:541-548.
3. Juhasz T, Loesel F, Kurtz R, Horvath C, Mourou G. Femtosecond laser refractive corneal surgery. IEEE Journal of Special Topics in Quantum Electronics. 1999;5:902-910.
4. Ratkay-Taub I, Juhasz T, Horvath C, Suarez C, Kiss K, Ferincz I, Kurtz R. Ultra-short pulse (femtosecond) laser surgery: initial use in LASIK flap creation. Ophthalmol Clin North Am. 2001;14:347-355.
5. Binder PS. Flap dimension created with the IntraLase FS laser. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004;30:26-32.
6. Kezirian GM, Stonecipher KG. Comparison of the IntraLase femtosecond laser and mechanical microkeratomes for laser in situ keratomileusis. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004;30:804-811.
7. Tran DB, Sarayba MA, Bor Z, Garufis C, Duh YJ, Soltes CR, Juhasz T, Kurtz RM. Randomized prospective clinical study comparing induced aberrations with IntraLase and Hansatome flap creation in fellow eyes. Potential impact on wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005;31:97-105.
8. Durrie DS, Kezirian GM. Femtosecond laser versus mechanical keratome flaps in wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis: prospective contralateral eye study. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005;31:120-126.
9. Montes-Mico R, Charman WN. Choice of spatial frequency for contrast sensitivity evaluation after corneal refractive surgery. J Refract Surg. 2001;17:646-651.
10. Montes-Mico R, Charman WN. Mesopic contrast sensitivity function after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. J Refract Surg. 2002;18:9-13.
11. Montes-Mico R, Espana E, Menezo JL. Mesopic contrast sensitivity function after laser in situ keratomileusis. J Refract Surg. 2003;19:353-356.
12. Van Nes FL, Bouman MA. Spatiotemporal modulation transfer in the human eye. J Opt Soc Am. 1967;57:401-406.
13. Yamane N, Miyata K, Samejima T, Hiraoka T, Kiuchi T, Okamoto F, Hirohara Y, Mihashi T, Oshika T. Ocular higher-order aberrations and contrast sensitivity after conventional laser in situ keratomileusis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004;45:3986-3990.