Introduction. Horizontal clear corneal incision (CCI) is the most preferred incision technique in modern cataract surgery.1–4 Right-handed surgeons make the CCI on the temporal side in the right eyes.

A clear corneal incision flattens the meridian in which it is placed, with a coupling effect that steepens the perpendicular meridian 90° away. For a 3.2-mm wide incision, the resultant SIA is ...

One comparison of toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) and corneal relaxing incisions found that the former had less residual astigmatism (0.61 vs. 1.32 D) but that the groups had equivalent patient ...

As the corneal oedema subsided, corrected VA improved to 20/80 and 20/30 in the first and second patient, respectively (figure 3A and C). The former patient has some residual stromal scarring ...

Aim To investigate the change in posterior corneal elevations (PCEs) of eyes with extremely high myopia 2 years after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Methods We evaluated 39 eyes of 39 ...

That’s all it takes to regain 20/20 vision and make your eyes Smile again. Fatima University Medical Center in Antipolo (FUMC ...

Surfer’s eye, medically known as pterygium, is a benign growth of tissue on the conjunctiva—the clear covering of the white ...

Some Filipinos who dreamed of life without glasses or contact lenses hesitated at the final step: LASIK. Not because they ...

PurposeThis study aimed to identify risk factors associated with small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) ... < 0.001), as well as lower K1, K2, and Km values. In terms of corneal characteristics, ...