Refractive errors include myopia (short-sightedness) and hyperopia (long-
refractive status and the development of myopia in RP patients with myopia
... peripheral hyperopia degree between low and moderate group, and the peripheral hyperopia state was positively asso- ciated with the visual field damage degree, which may help us to understand the patho- ...
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Refractive Errors & Correction
... With myopia, the cornea is too steeply curved and too much focusing power is ...for myopia, the laser gently flattens the cornea, which lessens the bending of incoming light, thereby allowing it to focus on ...
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Conclusion Myopia is the most prevalent refractive error. Continuation of screening for refractive error
... Keywords: Myopia, Uncorrected refractive error, college ...blindness include cataract, uncorrected refractive errors and glaucoma according to the International Agency for the ...
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LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF LASIK FOR THE CORRECTION OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY
... DISCUSSION High anisometropia following penetrating keratoplasty is not uncommon and can lead to significant patient dissatis- faction. The resolution of anisometropia was the goal of LASIK in most patients in this ...
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Short-Termism and Corporate Myopia: The Values Assigned by the Market to Short-Term and Long-Term Firms
... of short-termism that are equally or more revealing than the ones employed in my data set, such as percentage of stock-based compensation, but they are not readily ...could include measures of risk, such as ...
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Refractive and Visual Outcomes of Surgical Treatments for High Myopia
... Higher refractive errors will entail more corneal tissue ...high refractive errors not to qualify for LASIK or ...high myopia patient as long as the anterior chamber depth was ...
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Customized Corneal Treatments for Refractive Errors
... In comparison, if we used a simple theoretical linear regression that only uses the preoperative wavefront sphere to optimize the postoperative sphere, our results would not have been as good. The simple theoretic linear ...
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Medical Policy Vision Surgeries for Refractive Errors
... mild myopia (from ...severe myopia (greater than ...for hyperopia because their effectiveness for these indications has not been ...of myopia or astigmatism in persons with keratoconus or ...
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REFRACTIVE ERRORS: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE IN CHILDREN IN MADAGASCAR
... Background: Refractive error can lead amblyopia in ...of refractive error in ...as myopia, hyperopia, simple astigmatism and mixed ...had refractive error. Simple astigmatism and ...
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Prevalence of refractive errors in Mexican patients with keratoconus
... The refractive errors were also classified according to KCN ...three refractive errors were more frequent, and are presented here in descend- ing order as follows: with-the-rule compound ...
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Patients' satisfaction and subjective happiness after refractive surgery for myopia
... Conclusion: LASIK may contribute to increased patient happiness. Keywords: satisfaction, subjective happiness, laser in situ keratomileusis, eye surgery Introduction Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is the ...
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Prevalence, Determinants and Distribution of Refractive Errors in a Nigerian Community
... Refractive errors have been identified as major cause of blindness yet there is little known about the prevalence, distribution and determinants in ...of refractive errors ...respectively). ...
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Refractive errors in Cameroonians diagnosed with complete oculocutaneous albinism
... common refractive error (n = 28; 40%), followed by myopia (n = 20; ...28.6%). Hyperopia and hyperopic astigma- tism were diagnosed in ten eyes each ...
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LASIK Consent Form. Diagnosis: You have been diagnosed with myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), with or without astigmatism.
... as long as the lenses are worn, and might offer advantages over spectacles for ...might include improved peripheral or side vision and seeing a more normal image ...
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Prevalence and degrees of myopia and hyperopia at Gondar University Hospital Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, Northwest Ethiopia
... identify refractive errors for ...planning refractive error services including stocking lenses with the appropriate power and stocking the most demanded ...
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Correlation analysis for school-age children's height and refractive errors
... of myopia was increased in proportion to the in- creased body height in both boys and ...of myopia. For the boys, the prevalence rate of hyperopia was similar among the ultra-low-height, low-height ...
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Decoupling management inefficiency: Myopia, hyperopia and takeover likelihood
... management myopia, but generally declines with management ...generating short-term profits for investors at the expense of long-term shareholder value, are more likely to be disciplined through ...
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Refractive Surgery. Common Refractive Errors
... Other Types of Refractive Surgery 1. Implantable Contact Lens: The implantable contact lens (ICL) is a thin, soft, foldable implant similar to a contact lens. The ICL is inserted through a small incision and ...
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Accuracy of PlusOptix A09 distance refraction in pediatric myopia and hyperopia
... Studies of diagnostic performance of PlusOptix have found sensitivity 98 to 99 %, specificity 82 to 88 % [10, 11]. With its high sensitivity and acceptable specifi- city, the PlusOptix A09 can be used in a general ...
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Refractive Surgery options for High Myopia
... PRK Refractive lens extraction (RLE) and Phakic IOL’s (Visian, Verisyse) complement but do not replace corneal refractive surgery (LASIK & PRK) Still encourage LASIK or PRK for those who qualify ...
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