The Library

Here, you can find important articles, literature, and works related to refractive surgery.

Research Articles

Here, you can find important articles, literature, and works related to refractive surgery.

Risk for microbial keratitis: Comparative metaanalysis of contact lens wearers and post-laser in situ keratomileusis patients

Jordan Masters MD, Mehmet Kocak PhD, Aaron Waite MD

TL;DR: LASIK is safer than contact lenses

Three-Year Longitudinal Survey Comparing Visual Satisfaction with LASIK and Contact Lenses

Marianne O. Price PhD, David A. Price BS, Frank A. Bucci Jr. MD, Daniel S. Durrie MD, William I. Bond MD, Francis W. Price Jr. MD

TL;DR: Patients are happier with contact lenses than with glasses

Prevalence of laser vision correction in ophthalmologists who perform refractive surgery

Guy M. Kezirian MD MBA, Gregory D. Parkhurst MD, Jason P. Brinton MD, Richard A. Norden MD

TL;DR: Ophthalmologists get vision correction

Solving STODS—Surgical Temporary Ocular Discomfort Syndrome

Matthew Hirabayashi MD, Bradley Barnett MD PhD

TL;DR: LASIK doesn't cause "dry eye", it causes a temporary discomfort

Effect of residual sphere on uncorrected visual acuity and satisfaction in patients with monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses

Steven Schallhorn, MD, Keith Hettinger, MS, Stephen Hannan, OD, Jan Venter, MD, David Teenan, MD, Julie Schallhorn, MD

TL;DR: Multifocal patients prefer emmetropia or slight hyperopia, NOT myopia

Clinical Outcomes of Implantable Collamer Lenses for the Treatment of Myopia in Eyes with Anterior Chamber Depth (<3.0 mm) at a Single Center in the United States

Matthew Hirabayashi MD, Gurpal Virdi MD, Andrew Abramson, Taj Nasser MD, Anthony Vanrachack OD, Gregory Parkhurst

TL;DR: ICLs can be safe in ACDs <3.0

ICL Exchanges or Explants Due to Sizing in a United States High Volume Center

Matthew Hirabayashi MD, Andrew Abramson, Gurpal Virdi MD, Taj Nasser MD, Lauren Libfraind MD, Eduardo Antonio Zapata, Gregory Parkhurst1 MD

TL;DR: Exchanges due to toric rotations and/or incorrect sizing are around 1%

Reproducibility of manifest refraction between surgeons and optometrists in a clinical refractive surgery practice

Dan Z. Reinstein, MD et al.

Magazine Articles

LOW MYOPES GET NEW OPTIONS: The EVO ICL deserves a place at the table.

Matt Hirabayashi MD, Greg Parkhurst MD

Books

VISION CORRECTION: Introduction to Modern Refractive Surgery

Amazon - $19.99

Matt Hirabayashi MD, Taj Nasser MD, Greg Parkhurst MD

Other Resources

Manifest Refraction Guide

Dan Reinstein MD

Binocular Balance Protocol

Dan Reinstein MD

Blended Vision Tolerance Assessment

Dan Reinstein MD