Calidad de visión y satisfacción del paciente usuario de pantallas de visualización de datos tras cirugía

Función visual[ES] dad de vida y satisfacción de los trabajadores usuarios de pantallas de visualización de datos (PVD) que se asocia a la mejora de la función visual tras queratomileusis in situ con láser excimer (LASIK). MÉTODOS: Estudio observacional y longitudinal en una población de 96 pacientes intervenidos de cirugía refractiva con láser excimer según técnica LASIK mediante aplicación de un cuestionario construído al efecto aplicado antes y después de cirugía por un observador independiente. RESULTADOS: Agudeza visual y refracción ocular han mejorado tras LASIK, siendo el índice de eficacia de 1.1. La sensibilidad al contraste tras cirugía mejora en todas las frecuencias (6 c/g, 3 c/g y 1 c/g) en el ojo derecho. Mientras que en el ojo izquierdo no hay diferencias significativas. La calidad de visión con y sin corrección es mejor tras LASIK (significativa p < 0.05). Volverían a intervenirse y recomendarían este procedimiento quirúrgico a otros pacientes el 84.38 % de pacientes. CONCLUSIONES: Los resultados muestran que el LASIK mejora la a función visual y la calidadde vida de estos pacientes.[EN] PURPOSE: To evaluate the influence in quality of vision and satisfaction of video display terminal (VDT) users related to improvement of visual functions following excimer laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS: Longitudinal and observational study in a population of 96 patients that underwent LASIK using a questionnaire made for that, applied before and after surgery by an independent observer. RESULTS: Visual acuity and ocular refraction have improved after LASIK, being the efficiency index 1.1. Contrast sensitivity postoperative improved at all spatial frequencies in the right eye (6 c/g, 3 c/g and 1 c/). While in the left eye there were no significant differences. Quality of vision with and without correction is also better after LASIK (p < 0.05). And 84.38 % of patients would repeat themselves and recommend this surgery to other patients. CONCLUSIONS: The results show that LASIK improves visual function and quality of life of patients.N

Análisis óptico del tratamiento PresbyLASIK: algoritmo de patrones de luz propagados

Comunicación presentada en la VIII Reunión Nacional de Óptica, Alicante, Septiembre 2006

Calidad de visión y satisfacción del paciente usuario de pantallas de visualización de datos tras cirugía refractiva

Objetivo: Evaluar la influencia en la calidad de vida y satisfacción de los trabajadores usuarios de pantallas de visualización de datos (PVD) que se asocia a la mejora de la función visual tras queratomileusis in situ con láser excimer (LASIK). Métodos: Estudio observacional y longitudinal en una población de 96 pacientes intervenidos de cirugía refractiva con láser excimer según técnica LASIK mediante aplicación de un cuestionario construído al efecto aplicado antes y después de cirugía por un observador independiente. Resultados: Agudeza visual y refracción ocular han mejorado tras LASIK, siendo el índice de eficacia de 1.1. La sensibilidad al contraste tras cirugía mejora en todas las frecuencias (6 c/g, 3 c/g y 1 c/g) en el ojo derecho. Mientras que en el ojo izquierdo no hay diferencias significativas. La calidad de visión con y sin corrección es mejor tras LASIK (significativa p < 0.05). Volverían a intervenirse y recomendarían este procedimiento quirúrgico a otros pacientes el 84.38 % de pacientes. Conclusiones: Los resultados muestran que el LASIK mejora la función visual y la calidad de vida de estos pacientes.<br>Purpose: To evaluate the influence in quality of vision and satisfaction of video display terminal (VDT) users related to improvement of visual functions following excimer laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). Methods: Longitudinal and observational study in a population of 96 patients that underwent LASIK using a questionnaire made for that, applied before and after surgery by an independent observer. Results: Visual acuity and ocular refraction have improved after LASIK, being the efficiency index 1.1. Contrast sensitivity postoperative improved at all spatial frequencies in the right eye (6 c/g, 3 c/g and 1 c/). While in the left eye there were no significant differences. Quality of vision with and without correction is also better after LASIK (p < 0.05). And 84.38 % of patients would repeat themselves and recommend this surgery to other patients. Conclusions: The results show that LASIK improves visual function and quality of life of patients

Corneal aberrometric and refractive performance of 2 intrastromal corneal ring segment models in early and moderate ectatic disease

Purpose: To evaluate and compare visual, refractive, and corneal aberrometric outcomes after implantation of 2 types of intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) in eyes with early to moderate ectatic disease. Settings: Vissum Corporation-Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. Methods: This retrospective analysis comprised consecutive eyes with grade I or grade II corneal ectasia (keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, ectasia after laser in situ keratomileusis) that had Intacs (Group I) or KeraRings (Group K) ICRS implantation using femtosecond technology. Visual, refractive, and corneal aberrometric outcomes were analyzed and compared between groups over a 6-month follow-up. Results: Group I had 17 eyes and Group K, 20 eyes. One month postoperatively, there was a statistically significant reduction in sphere in both groups (P≤.02). At 6 months, there was a statistically significant reduction in manifest cylinder in Group K that was consistent with the significant reduction in corneal astigmatic aberration (both P = .04). The uncorrected distance visual acuity increased significantly in Group K (P = .04) but not in Group I; 41.18% of eyes in Group I and 52.94% in Group K gained 1 or more lines of corrected distance visual acuity. Both groups had significant corneal flattening (P≤.02). At 1 month, the mean primary spherical aberration was −0.17 μm ± 0.52 (SD) in Group I and 0.40 ± 0.35 μm in Group K; the difference was statistically significant (P<.01). Conclusion: Astigmatism correction in early to moderate ectatic corneas was more limited with the Intacs ICRS, which induced negative primary spherical aberration in the initial postoperative period.Supported in part by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Health, Instituto Carlos III, Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud Patología Ocular del Envejecimiento, Calidad Visual y Calidad de Vida, Subproyecto de Calidad Visual (RD07/0062)

Intracorneal ring segment implantation in corneas with post-laser in situ keratomileusis keratectasia

Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.Purpose: To evaluate the refractive and aberrometric changes in corneas with post-LASIK keratectasia implanted with intracorneal ring segments (ICRS) during a 2-year follow-up. Design: Retrospective, consecutive case series. Participants: Thirty-four eyes of 25 patients (age range, 20–59 years) with post-LASIK ectasia were included. Ectasia was diagnosed by slit-lamp appearance of corneal thinning, unstable topographic steepening, progressive corneal thinning on ultrasonic pachymetry, decreased visual acuity, and unstable refraction. Methods: Intracorneal ring segment implantation was performed in all cases by 2 surgeons from 2 different ophthalmologic centers with the aim of correcting the spherocylindrical error and improving the visual quality. Corneal tunnels were created by means of mechanical dissection in 20 eyes and femtosecond laser technology in 14 eyes. Intacs (Addition Technology, Inc, Fremont, CA) were inserted in 24 eyes, and KeraRings (Mediphacos, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) in 10 eyes. In all cases a follow-up of 12 months was completed, with a total of 15 eyes examined 24 months after surgery. Main Outcome Measures: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), refraction, keratometry, and corneal aberrations. Results: Uncorrected visual acuity did not improve after surgery (P = 0.17). Best spectacle-corrected visual acuity increased significantly at 6 months (P = 0.02). Some 38.89% of eyes gained 2 or more lines of BSCVA at 6 months, and this percentage increased to 60% at 24 months. There was a nonsignificant reduction of sphere at 6 months (P = 0.28). Manifest cylinder was reduced significantly during the postoperative follow-up (P = 0.05, preoperative to 6 months; P = 0.04, 6–12 months). The cornea was on average flatter at 6 months (P<0.01), with a posterior nonsignificant regression of the achieved flattening (P = 0.73). In regard to corneal aberrations, a statistically significant reduction was found in coma-like root mean square (RMS) (P = 0.03) after surgery. Segment ring explantation was performed in 6 eyes, and ring reposition was performed in 2 eyes. The apical curvature gradient was significantly higher in the group of explanted eyes (P = 0.03). Conclusions: Intracorneal ring segment implantation is a useful option for the treatment of coma-like aberrations and astigmatism in post-LASIK corneal ectasia.Supported in part by a grant of the Spanish Ministry of Health, Instituto Carlos III, Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud “Patología ocular del envejecimiento, calidad visual y calidad de vida”, Subproyecto de Calidad Visual (RD07/0062)

Design and evaluation of intraocular lenses

En este trabajo se analiza el cálculo de la potencia de una lente intraocular de un ojo afáquico de gran tamaño así como el papel del factor de forma en la calidad de imagen de estos mismos ojos.The power calculation of an intraocular lens and the role of bending factor in image quality into aphakic long eye are analyzed in this paper

Light propagation through the eye: numerical considerations and applications to presbylasik surgery analysis

Trabajo presentado en el 3rd European Meeting in Physiological Optics, London, September 7-9, 2006.Transmittance evaluation of cornea. Transmittance evaluation of crystalline lens. Wave propagation (angular spectrum) up to the plane of interest. Applications to presbylasik surgery analysis