Advances in refractive surgery: microkeratome and femtosecond laser flap creation in relation to safety, efficacy, predictability, and biomechanical stabilityKarl Stonecipher
The Laser Center, Greensboro, North Carolina 27410, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 17:368-72. 2006
..The critical components in laser in-situ keratomileusis surgery remain the same, however: safety, efficiency, predictability, and biomechanical stability...
Non-contact confocal microscopy of the tear film in unoperated eyesKarl G Stonecipher
The Laser Center Greensboro, NC, USA
J Refract Surg 23:417-9. 2007
..The objective of this study was to evaluate and illustrate various conditions related to dry eye using the CS4 confocal microscope with the 20x noncontact lens...
Wavefront-optimized versus wavefront-guided LASIK for myopic astigmatism with the ALLEGRETTO WAVE: three-month results of a prospective FDA trialKarl G Stonecipher
Laser Center, Greensboro, NC, USA
J Refract Surg 24:S424-30. 2008
..To compare visual outcomes using the WaveLight ALLEGRETTO WAVE to administer either wavefront-optimized (standard LASIK) or wavefront-guided (custom LASIK) treatments in myopic eyes...
LASIK for -6.00 to -12.00 D of myopia with up to 3.00 D of cylinder using the ALLEGRETTO WAVE: 3- and 6-month results with the 200- and 400-Hz platformsKarl G Stonecipher
The Laser Center, Greensboro, North Carolina 27410, USA
J Refract Surg 26:S814-8. 2010
..To report the refractive results after LASIK for high myopia and cylinder at one center with one surgeon comparing two laser platforms...
LASIK for mixed astigmatism using the ALLEGRETTO WAVE: 3- and 6-month results with the 200- and 400-Hz platformsKarl G Stonecipher
The Laser Center, Greensboro, North Carolina 27410, USA
J Refract Surg 26:S819-23. 2010
..To report the refractive results after LASIK for mixed astigmatism at one center with one surgeon comparing two laser platforms...
Transient light sensitivity after femtosecond laser flap creation: clinical findings and managementKarl G Stonecipher
Southeastern Laser and Refractive Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
J Cataract Refract Surg 32:91-4. 2006
..Although there is no loss of uncorrected visual acuity, symptoms can be prolonged, especially without prompt steroid therapy. Technical advances that reduced pulse energies appear to decrease the incidence...
Comparison of the IntraLase femtosecond laser and mechanical keratomes for laser in situ keratomileusisGuy M Kezirian
Southeastern Eye Center, Greensboro, NC, USA
J Cataract Refract Surg 30:804-11. 2004
..To compare laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) results obtained with the femtosecond laser (IntraLase Corp.) to those obtained using 2 popular mechanical microkeratomes...
Subjective assessment of mesopic visual function after laser in situ keratomileusisGuy M Kezirian
SurgiVision Consultants, 2183 Hathaway Avenue, West Lake Village, CA 91362-5170, USA
Ophthalmol Clin North Am 17:211-24, vii. 2004
..Worsened symptoms are most likely to occur in eyes with poor refractive outcomes. Correction of residual refractive errors may improve night driving and glare symptoms after LASIK...
Four-year postoperative results of the US ALLEGRETTO WAVE clinical trial for the treatment of hyperopiaGuy M Kezirian
SurgiVision Consultants Inc, Scottsdale, AZ 85262, USA
J Refract Surg 24:S431-8. 2008
..To evaluate the long-term refractive stability after LASIK for hyperopia with the WaveLight ALLEGRETTO WAVE Excimer Laser System...