... or endothelial keratoplasty clearly gives advantages to patients in terms of safety and outcomes. However, the classical method of penetrating keratoplasty has also recently undergone evolution and refinements. The introduction of femtosecond laser technology to clinical practice, after its wide use...

...References References 1. Sugar A: Ultrafast (femtosecond) laser refractive surgery. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2002;13:246-249. 2. Farid M, Steinert RF: Femtosecond laser-assisted corneal surgery. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2010;21:288-292. 3. Lubatschowski H: Overview of commercially available...

... 2009;35:1487-1491. 11. Haft P, Yoo SH, Kymionis GD, Ide T, O'Brien TP, Culbertson WW: Complications of LASIK flaps made by the IntraLase 15- and 30-kHz femtosecond lasers. J Refract Surg 2009;25:979-984. 12. Jaycock P, Johnston RL, Taylor H, Adams M, Tole DM, Galloway P, Canning C, Sparrow JM...

... correction not only of spherocylindrical errors but also of higher-order aberrations. Femtosecond lasers were introduced in the place of mechanical microkeratomes, and in the past few years have rapidly become accepted as a safe and effective way to create flaps for LASIK, various corneal transplant...

...References References 1. Nagy ZZ, Takacs A, Filkorn T, Sarayba M: Initial clinical evaluation of intraocular femtosecond laser in cataract surgery. J Refract Surg 2009;25:1053-1060. 2. Nagy ZZ, Kranitz K, Takacs AI, Mihaltz K, Kovács I, Knorz MC, Nagy ZZ: Comparison of intraocular lens...

... Abstract In recent years femtosecond laser cataract surgery has been an accepted procedure in cataract surgery. In this book chapter the technical aspects of the femtosecond laser systems will be discussed. The most important indications and contraindications of femtolaser cataract surgery...

... SG, Durrie DS, Binder PS: A prospective, contralateral eye study comparing thin-flap LASIK (sub-Bowman keratomileusis) with photorefractive keratectomy. Ophthalmology 2009;116:1075-1082. 15. Binder PS: Femtosecond applications for anterior segment surgery. Eye Contact Lens 2010;36:282-285. 16...

... to satisfy the needs of surgeons. Now, the femtosecond laser has marked the beginning of a new age, in which cataract surgery is approached differently with the first part of the surgery performed by the laser which can be programmed and executed without blades in an extraordinarily precise and reproducible...

..., and a femtosecond laser technique, performed with the assistance of femtosecond laser photodisruption for tunnel creation. The design parameters of ICRS, such as shape, thickness and diameter, have different effects on corneal curvature. Several nomograms have been developed in order to improve the outcome...

... refractive inlay for the corneal compensation of presbyopia. J Refract Surg 2012;28:168-173. 11. Limnopoulou AN, Bouzoukis DI, Kymionis GD, Panagopoulou SI, Plainis S, Pallikaris AI, Feingold V, Pallikaris IG: Visual outcomes and safety of a refractive corneal inlay for presbyopia using femtosecond laser...

... astigmatism by paired arcuate incisions with compression sutures. Br J Ophthalmol 2013;97:438-443. 17. Cleary C, Tang M, Ahmed H, et al: Beveled femtosecond laser astigmatic keratotomy for the treatment of high astigmatism post-penetrating keratoplasty. Cornea 2013;32:54-62. 18. Kumar NL, Kaiserman I...

... for myopic keratoconus. Cornea 2004;23:345-349. 25. Chan CC, Ritenour RJ, Kumar NL, et al: Femtosecond laser assisted mushroom configuration deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty. Cornea 2010;29:290-295. 26. Farid M, Steinert RF: Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty performed with the femtosecond laser...

... intrastromal ring segment depth in keratoconic eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg 2006;32:1860-1865. 8. Pinero D, Alio L: Intracorneal ring segments in ectatic corneal disease-a review. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2010;38:154-167. 9. Rabinowitz YS, Li X, Ignacio TS, et al: Intacs inserts using the femtosecond laser...

... ectasia, pellucid marginal degeneration and keratoconus. The intracorneal inlay implantation procedure is a minimally invasive reversible surgical technique with encouraging clinical results. ICRS are inserted into intrastromal channels (created either manually or with femtosecond lasers) at 75% depth...

.... Sarodia U, Shaarawy T, Barton K: Nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery: a critical evaluation. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2007;18:152-158. 49. Chai D, Chaudhary G, Mikula E, Sun H, Kurtz R, Juhasz T: In vivo femtosecond laser subsurface scleral treatment in rabbit eyes. Laser Surg 2010;42:647-651. 50. Bahar I...

... results using the manual NPDS technique requires a relatively long learning curve, high surgical skills, and considerable experience. Various attempts to overcome this difficulty using laser to create an ab externo NPDS have been made. The use of femtosecond laser for this purpose was based on its...

... ] patients) and perforation (1/39, [ 11 ] 1/40 [ 15 ] and 1/26 [ 16 ] patients). New treatment options with the femtosecond (FS) laser allow the surgeon to accurately determine the incision depth during surgery. However, when placing the laser markings on the applanated corneal surface, there is no clear...

... stroma. Exp Eye Res 2004;78:503-512. 19. Abahussin M, Hayes S, Knox Cartwright NE, Kamma-Lorger CS, Khan Y, Marshall J, Meek KM: 3D collagen orientation study of the human cornea using X-ray diffraction and femtosecond laser technology. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009;50:5159-5164. 20. Saad...