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Current Issue

  Vol. 24   No. 7   September 2008


Editorial:
Excellence
George O. Waring III, MD

Letters to the Editor

Original Articles:
Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Corneal Epithelial Flaps Following Removal Using Mechanical Scraping, Alcohol, and Epikeratome Techniques
Chul Young Choi, MD; Jae Yong Kim, MD; Myoung Joon Kim, MD and Hungwon Tchah, MD

Photorefractive Keratectomy and Butterfly Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis: A Prospective, Contralateral Study
Vinícius Coral Ghanem, MD; Newton Kara-José, MD; Ramon Coral Ghanem, MD and Samuel Angelo Coral, MD

Association Between Ocular Dominance and Refraction
Ilker Eser, MD; Daniel S. Durrie, MD; Frank Schwendeman, OD and Jason E. Stahl, MD

Effect of Age on Outcomes in Patients With Keratoconus Treated by Intacs Using a Femtosecond Laser
Aylin Ertan, MD and Ersel Ozkilic, MD

Influence of Age on Ocular Wavefront Aberration Changes With Accommodation
Yoshihiko Iida, MD; Kimiya Shimizu, MD; Misae Ito, CO and Masanobu Suzuki, MD

Optical Aberrations in Pseudophakic Eyes After 2.5-mm Nd:YAG Laser Capsulotomy for Posterior Capsule Opacification
Fabrizio Casprini, MD, PhD; Angelo Balestrazzi, MD, PhD; Gian Marco Tosi, MD, PhD; Marco Lazzarotto, MD; Alex Malandrini, MD; Francesca Lepri, MD; Gianluca Martone, MD; Tomaso Caporossi, MD and Aldo Caporossi, MD

Reports:
Lack of Progression of Ectasia Seven Years After LASIK in a Highly Myopic Keratoconic Eye
Mario Jampaulo, MD and Robert K. Maloney, MD, MA (Oxon)

Photorefractive Keratectomy Retreatment After LASIK
Waldir Neira-Zalentein, MD; Jukka A.O. Moilanen, MD; Ilpo S. Tuisku, MD; Juha M. Holopainen, MD, PhD and Timo M.T. Tervo, MD, PhD

SLACK Sponsored Section:
Introduction to the Proceedings of the Third International Congress of Corneal Cross-Linking
Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE and Michael Mrochen, PhD

Immunofluorescence Confocal Microscopy of Porcine Corneas Following Collagen Cross-linking Treatment With Riboflavin and Ultraviolet A
Kátia M. Bottós, MD; Juliana L. Dreyfuss, PharmD, PhD; Caio V.S. Regatieri, MD; Acácio A.S. Lima-Filho, PharmD, PhD; Paulo Schor, MD; Helena B. Nader, BSc, BEd, PhD and Wallace Chamon, MD

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Corneal Collagen Cross-linking in Progressive Keratoconus: Preliminary Results
Christine Wittig-Silva, MD; Mark Whiting, FRANZCO; Ecosse Lamoureux, PhD; Richard G. Lindsay, BScOptom; Laurie J. Sullivan, FRANZCO and Grant R. Snibson, FRANZCO

Intacs Implantation With Sequential Collagen Cross-linking Treatment in Postoperative LASIK Ectasia
Günhal Kamburoglu, MD and Aylin Ertan, MD

Staged Intrastromal Delivery of Riboflavin With UVA Cross-linking in Advanced Bullous Keratopathy: Laboratory Investigation and First Clinical Case
Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE; Jerome C. Ramos-Esteban, MD and A. John Kanellopoulos, MD

Cigarette Smoking is Negatively Associated With Keratoconus
Eberhard Spoerl, PhD; Frederik Raiskup-Wolf, MD; Eberhard Kuhlisch and Lutz E. Pillunat, MD

Short Chain Aliphatic β-nitro Alcohols for Corneoscleral Cross-linking: Corneal Endothelial Toxicity Studies
David C. Paik, MD; Quan Wen, MD; Richard E. Braunstein, MD and Stephen L. Trokel, MD

Comparative Study of Riboflavin-UVA Cross-linking and “Flash-linking” Using Surface Wave Elastometry
Karolinne Maia Rocha, MD, PhD; Jerome C. Ramos-Esteban, MD; Ying Qian, MD; Satish Herekar, MS and Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE

Efficacy and Safety of Blue-light Scleral Cross-linking
Hans Peter Iseli, MD; Eberhard Spoerl, PhD; Peter Wiedemann, MD; Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE and Theo Seiler, MD, PhD