Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1250-1259 , August 2008

Clinical outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis using combined topography and refractive wavefront treatments for myopic astigmatism

  • Noel Alpins, FRANZCO, FRCOphth, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Noel Alpins, FRANZCO, FRCOphth, FACS, 7 Chesterville Road, Cheltenham, Victoria 3192, Australia.
    • ,
  • George Stamatelatos, BScOptom

,Accepted 28 March 2008.

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 Dr. Alpins has a financial interest in the ASSORT program used for calculation of the treatment parameters and examination of outcomes. Mr. Stamatelatos is a consultant to ASSORT Pty Ltd.

 Presented at the XXIV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, London, United Kingdom, September 2006.

 AMO/Visx provided the 10 vision keycards required for the combined wavefront and topography values treatment.

 Dimitri Chernyak, PhD, and George Dai, PhD, AMO/Visx Inc., set up the treatment profiles for the vector-planning group. Jenny Lee, MSc, BOptom, designed the protocol and analysis of the patient questionnaire. Gemma Walsh, BOptom, provided surgical assistance and implementation of the treatment profiles. James Ong, BSc Optom, PhD and Felicity Allen, PhD provided statistical analyses.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00407-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.03.028

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1250-1259 , August 2008

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