Photorefractive keratectomy in the cat eye: Biological and optical outcomes

 Drs. MacRae and Yoon have served as consultants to Bausch & Lomb. Dr. Cox is a full-time employee of Bausch & Lomb. The University of Rochester has a research contract with Bausch & Lomb and has licensed intellectual property to them. No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or product mentioned.Supported by National Eye Institute grant RO1 EY015836-01, a grant from Bausch & Lomb Inc. to the University of Rochester's Center for Visual Science, grants from the University of Rochester's Center for Electronic Imaging Systems, a NYSTAR-designated Center for Advanced Technology, and by an unrestricted grant to the University of Rochester's Department of Ophthalmology from the Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation, New York, New York, USA.Margaret Beha trained and tested the cats and did the feline ocular response analyzer (ORA) measurements. John Swanstone provided programming expertise. Tracy Bubel did the histological processing of the cat corneal tissue and hematoxylin staining. Emily Brandon, Shawn Kenner, and Sally Jensen analyzed the spot array patterns. Terry Schaeffer did the IOLMaster measurements. David Luce, PhD, provided access to the Reichert ORA. Gary Gagarinas assisted in laser refractive surgeries. Jens Bühren, MD, provided constructive discussions and feedback on the manuscript.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00447-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.02.021

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