Secondary intraocular lens interventions: predisposing factors, indications and coincident proceduresAlejandro Lichtinger
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, East Wing, 6 401, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada
Int Ophthalmol 33:111-5. 2013
..Patients implanted with anterior chamber IOLs seemed to have a more complicated course requiring more complex secondary surgeries and associated procedures...
- Stromal lamellar dissection of the donor disc: a technique to reduce complications secondary to eccentric trephination during descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty
Alejandro Lichtinger
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cornea 31:1348-51. 2012
..To describe a surgical technique to decrease the incidence and potential complications of an eccentric trephination and improve graft adherence during Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty...
- Shifting trends in bacterial keratitis in Toronto: an 11-year review
Alejandro Lichtinger
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ophthalmology 119:1785-90. 2012
..To review the distribution, current trends, and resistance patterns of bacterial keratitis isolates in Toronto over the last 11 years...
- The era of lamellar keratoplasty, evolving surgical techniques in corneal transplantation: the University of Toronto experience
Alejandro Lichtinger
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
Can J Ophthalmol 47:287-90. 2012
..To analyze the changing trends in corneal transplantation techniques and the way selective lamellar transplantation has influenced our practice...
- Correction of astigmatism after cataract surgery using the light adjustable lens: a 1-year follow-up pilot study
Alejandro Lichtinger
Codet Vision Institute, Tijuana, Mexico
J Refract Surg 27:639-42. 2011
..The aim of this study was to determine whether residual astigmatism could be precisely corrected postoperatively using the Light Adjustable Lens (LAL, Calhoun Vision Inc) and to determine the stability of the adjusted refraction...
- Gabapentin for postoperative pain after photorefractive keratectomy: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Alejandro Lichtinger
Codet Vision Institute, Tijuana, Mexico
J Refract Surg 27:613-7. 2011
..To determine whether treatment with oral gabapentin reduces postoperative pain after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)...
- Outcomes of repeat endothelial keratoplasty in patients with failed Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty
Peter Kim
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cornea 31:1154-7. 2012
..To report the outcomes of repeat endothelial keratoplasty (EK) in patients with failed Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK)...
- Retrospective contralateral study comparing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty with penetrating keratoplasty: a patient's perspective
Sonia N Yeung
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
Can J Ophthalmol 47:360-4. 2012
..To compare the visual outcomes and the perspective of patients after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) and penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in the contralateral eyes of a cohort of patients...
- Combined topical and intracameral anesthesia for Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty
Sonia N Yeung
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, East Wing 6E 401, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada
Int Ophthalmol 32:273-6. 2012
..It may thereby be an alternative anesthetic modality for patients in whom retrobulbar or peribulbar anesthesia may be risky or contraindicated...
- Corneal collagen cross-linking using riboflavin and ultraviolet A for the treatment of mild to moderate keratoconus: 2-year follow-up
Marie Eve Légaré
Yonge Eglinton Laser Center Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Can J Ophthalmol 48:63-8. 2013
..To evaluate the safety and efficacy of corneal ultraviolet A/riboflavin collagen cross-linking (CXL) in patients with mild-to-moderate keratoconus...
- Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty using infant donor tissue
Peter Kim
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cornea 31:52-4. 2012
..The purpose of this study was to report the outcomes of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) surgery using infant (2 years and younger) donor tissue...
- Outcomes of repeat endothelial keratoplasty in patients with failed deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty
Peter Kim
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Cornea 30:1183-6. 2011
..To report the outcomes of repeat endothelial keratoplasty (EK) in patients with previous failed deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK)...
- Combined use of subconjunctival and intracorneal bevacizumab injection for corneal neovascularization
Sonia N Yeung
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cornea 30:1110-4. 2011
..To report on the safety and clinical use of combined subconjunctival and intracorneal bevacizumab for corneal neovascularization...
- Outcomes of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in patients with previous glaucoma drainage device insertion
Peter Kim
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cornea 31:172-5. 2012
..To report the outcomes of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) in patients with a previously inserted glaucoma drainage device (GDD)...
- Late-onset Klebsiella oxytoca flap-margin-related corneal ulcer following laser in situ keratomileusis
Sonia N Yeung
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Cataract Refract Surg 37:1551-4. 2011
..Eighteen days after presentation, the infiltrate had resolved and the cornea had fully epithelialized. To our knowledge, this is the first report of post-LASIK infectious keratitis caused by K oxytoca...
- Corneal endothelial safety after ultraviolet light treatment of the light-adjustable intraocular lens
Alejandro Lichtinger
Codet Vision Institute, Tijuana, Mexico
J Cataract Refract Surg 37:324-7. 2011
..To assess the safety to the corneal endothelium of ultraviolet (UV) light treatment to a light-adjustable intraocular lens (IOL)...
- Intraocular lenses for presbyopia correction: past, present, and future
Alejandro Lichtinger
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 23:40-6. 2012
..To discuss the development of presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOLs), what we have learned since their introduction a few decades ago, what are the options currently on the market, and where the technology is heading in the future...
