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Optical Aberrations

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Abstract

  • Night vision complaints can complicate corneal photorefractive corrections and are related to the altered corneal optical properties after surgery.

  • Improvement of laser algorithms, energy delivery improvements, and active trackers have significantly improved the optical results of refractive surgery and minimized visual complaints of the treated patients over the last few years.

  • The introduction of wavefront aberrometry in the clinical practice offered a better understanding of the optical results of corneal photorefractive surgery, and may be a useful tool to achieve the socalled supervision in the future.

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  1. Refractive Department Vardinoyannion Eye Institute, University of Crete Medical School, Voutes P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Vikentia J. Katsanevaki M.D., Ph.D. (Head)

  2. Vissum Corporation, Avda de Denia s/n Edificio Vissum, 03016, Alicante, Spain

    César Albarrán O.D.

  3. Refractive Surgery Department Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

    César Albarrán O.D.

  4. Department of Ophthalmology Miguel Hernández University, Medical School, Vissum Corporation, Avda de Denia s/n Edificio Vissum, 03016, Alicante, Spain

    David Piñero O.D.

  5. Miguel Hernández University, Medical School, Vissum Corporation, Avda de Denia s/n Edificio Vissum, 03016, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology)

  6. Harvard Medical School, Talamo Laser Eye Consultants, Reservoir Place, Suite 184 1601 Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA, 02451, USA

    Jonathan H. Talamo M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology)

  7. Miguel Hernandez University, Medical School, Vissum Corporation, Avda de Denia s/n Edificio Vissum, 03016, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology)

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Katsanevaki, V.J., Albarrán, C., Piñero, D., Alió, J.L., Talamo, J.H., Alió, J.L. (2008). Optical Aberrations. In: Alió, J.L., Azar, D.T. (eds) Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37584-5_7

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