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Can pre-exercise photobiomodulation improve muscle endurance and promote recovery from muscle strength and injuries in people with different activity levels? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Lasers in Medical Science

Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) was introduced as an ergogenic aid for sport performance in healthy individuals is still controversial. The main ...

Enhancing tumor's skin photothermal therapy using Gold nanoparticles : a Monte Carlo simulation.

Lasers in Medical Science

The aim of this study is to investigate how the introduction of Gold nanoparticles GNPs into a skin tumor affects the ability to absorb laser light...

Development of a novel laboratory photodynamic therapy device: automated multi-mode LED system for optimum well-plate irradiation.

Lasers in Medical Science

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a targeted treatment method that utilizes a photosensitizer (PS) to induce cytotoxicity in malignant and non-malignan...

Test-Retest of the Spot Vision Screener among Children with Ophthalmological Diseases including Strabismus.

J Ophthalmol

The spot vision screener (SVS) has been widely used for eye health examinations of infants and young children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of two SVS measurements in children with ophthalmological diseases.

29 patients aged 15 years or younger who visited our hospital for refraction examinations with SVS before and at least 60 minutes after administration of 2 drops of 1% cyclopentolate ophthalmic solution (before and after cycloplegia) were included in this study. Two SVS measurements were made before and after cycloplegia, respectively. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Bland-Altman analysis for spherical, spherical equivalent (SE), cylindrical, J0, and J45 values before and after cycloplegia were analyzed.

The mean age ± standard deviation (SD) of the 29 patients was 7.6 ± 2.4 years. There were 11 males and 18 females. The mean spherical values based on the SVS before and after cycloplegia were 0.42 ± 1.67 diopter (D), and 1.47 ± 2.23 D for the first measurement and 0.60 ± 1.74 D, and 1.42 ± 2.27 D for the second measurement, respectively. The mean cylindrical values based on SVS before and after cycloplegia were -1.45 ± 0.96 D and -1.65 ± 0.89 D for the first measurement and -1.58 ± 1.13 D and -1.66 ± 0.91 D for the second measurement, respectively. The ICCs for the first and second spherical, SE, cylindrical, J0, and J45 values before cycloplegia were 0.95, 0.98, 0.83, 0.86, and 0.86, respectively. The ICCs for the first and second spherical, SE, cylindrical, J0, and J45 values after cycloplegia were 0.99, 0.99, 0,87, 0.73, and 0.80, respectively. The Bland-Altman analysis of the first and second spherical and SE values before cycloplegia showed fan-shaped variation as hyperopia increased.

Two consecutive SVS refraction measurements have a high degree of reproducibility for spherical and SE values but a low degree for cylindrical, J0, and J45 values. From these results, multiple measurements are required to obtain reliable results for cylindrical values.

Research on disease diagnosis based on teacher-student network and Raman spectroscopy.

Lasers in Medical Science

Diabetic nephropathy is a serious complication of diabetes, and primary Sjögren's syndrome is a disease that poses a major threat to women's health...

Effectiveness and safety of the ablative fractional 2940-nm Er: YAG laser for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia.

Lasers in Medical Science

Laser sources have established their potential effect in inducing hair regrowth. No large cohort study has evaluated the effect of ablative fractio...

Effectiveness of photobiomodulation and orofacial myofunctional therapy in orofacial pain disorders. A systematic review of randomized control trials.

Lasers in Medical Science

Orofacial pain can significantly affect physical, psychological, and overall quality of life. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of comb...

Immediate Sequential Bilateral Implantable Collamer Lens Surgery Is Safe and Effective.

Refractive Surgery

To assess the clinical outcomes and safety profiles of patients who underwent immediate sequential bilateral phakic lens surgery.

This retrospective multicenter study included 254 consecutive patients (508 eyes) who underwent bilateral same-day Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) (STAAR Surgical) surgery. The authors focused on 1-year postoperative clinical outcomes and adverse events.

In the initial cohort, 176 patients (352 eyes) met inclusion criteria. Of these, 335 eyes underwent myopic ICL placement, and 17 eyes received a hyperopic ICL. Notably, 87% of eyes achieved ±0.50 diopters (D) and 95% achieved ±1.00 D of the intended refraction. One year postoperatively, 78% of eyes demonstrated optimal vaulting (250 to 750 µm), with a significant 19% reduction in vaulting observed over the 12 months (P < .001). Only minor adverse events, including early cataract formation (1 case), secondary toric ICL rotation (3 cases), and ICL exchange due to inappropriate vaulting (6 cases), were noted.

The findings corroborate the safety and efficacy of immediate sequential bilateral phakic lens surgery and indicate its potential as a treatment option. The low incidence of minor adverse events further reinforces its favorable safety profile. [J Refract Surg. 2024;40(5):e313-e320.].

SmartSight Correction of Compound Myopic Astigmatism Treatments With Preoperative Astigmatism > 1.00 Diopter Using the SCHWIND ATOS: A Retrospective Case Series.

Refractive Surgery

To evaluate moderate to high astigmatism corrections on the outcomes of SmartSight lenticule extraction for myopic astigmatism with a new femtosecond laser system.

Two hundred ninety-two eyes consecutively treated for myopic astigmatism with astigmatism magnitude greater than 1.00 diopter (D) were evaluated at the 6-month follow-up visit. The mean age of the patients was 29 ± 6 years with a mean spherical equivalent of -5.06 ± 2.20 diopters (D) and a mean magnitude of refractive astigmatism of 1.74 ± 0.61 D.

At 6 months, astigmatism was 0.10 ± 0.20 D. Uncorrected and corrected distance visual acuities (UDVA and CDVA, respectively) were both 0.0 ± 0.1 logMAR. Differences between postoperative UDVA and preoperative CDVA and the change in CDVA were both +0.4 ± 0.7 lines better than preoperatively (P < .0003).

Lenticule extraction treatment using Smart-Sight is safe and efficacious at 6 months. Findings suggest that moderate to high astigmatism improves after SmartSight lenticule extraction in the treatment of myopic astigmatism. [J Refract Surg. 2024;40(5):e328-e335.].

Fitting-Shape-based Strategy for Topography-guided LASIK: A Prospective Study.

Refractive Surgery

To assess and compare the visual acuity and refractive outcomes of topography-guided laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) based on the fitting-shape-based refractive compensated and Phorcides software strategies.

Consecutive patients who underwent topography-guided LASIK were included in this study. Through double-masked simple randomization, patients were assigned to the Zhang & Zheng Auto-compensate Refraction (ZZ AR) group (the fitting-shape-based refractive compensated strategy using the ZZ AR calculator was used) or the Phorcides group (the topography analysis algorithm in Phorcides software [Phorcides LLC] was used). Only one eye per patient with binocular correction was randomly enrolled. The preoperative and postoperative visual acuities and refraction were analyzed at the 6-month follow-up visit.

The ZZ AR and Phorcides groups comprised 156 and 147 eyes, respectively. At the 6-month postoperative follow-up visit, the median (range) absolute residual cylindrical refraction was 0.35 (1.01) and 0.47 (1.63) diopters (D) for the ZZ AR and Phorcides groups, respectively (P < .001). The percentages of patients with residual cylindrical power within 0.25 D were 29.49% and 13.61% for the ZZ AR and Phorcides groups, respectively (P = .001). Based on the percentages of patients with residual cylindrical powers within 0.50 and 1.00 D, the ZZ AR group showed better outcomes (P = .02 and .01). The percentage of patients with visual acuity better than 20/16 was significantly higher for the ZZ AR group than for the Phorcides group (P = .03).

The fitting-shape-based refractive compensated strategy for topography-guided LASIK procedures can better optimize the visual acuity and astigmatic refraction than the Phorcides software strategy. [J Refract Surg. 2024;40(5):e336-e343.].

Uneven Corneal Epithelial Redistribution After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Lenticule Intrastromal Keratoplasty in Correcting Moderate-to-High Hyperopia.

Refractive Surgery

To evaluate the characteristic of corrective epithelial thickness after femtosecond laser-assisted lenticule intrastromal keratoplasty (LIKE) to correct moderate-to-high hyperopia.

The prospective case series study of the LIKE procedure was performed to correct moderate-to-high hyperopia. The epithelial thickness map was generated by anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in the corneal central 9-mm zone. Keratometry and corneal higher order aberrations were analyzed by Pentacam (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH) preoperatively and postoperatively.

In the 26 eyes of 13 participants who underwent the LIKE procedure for moderate-to-high hyperopia, the attempted spherical equivalence (SEQ) was +6.50 ± 1.09 diopters (D). Compared to the preoperative epithelial thickness maps, the postoperative epithelial thickness had become significantly thinner in the central 5-mm zone; the difference was 6 to 7 µm. The paracentral epithelium performed nonuniform remodeling; the thinnest epithelial thickness was located in the inferotemporal section, which has the greatest difference from the superonasal; the difference between these two was approximately 3 µm. Through correlation analysis, it was found that the sections with thinner epithelium were significantly related to corneal curvature and corneal vertical coma.

The LIKE procedure can be used to correct moderate-to-high hyperopia. This study further indicated the epithelial remodeling characteristic after the LIKE procedure: the central and paracentral corneal epithelial thickness becomes thinner, and the epithelial thickness distributes non-uniformly, which may be the important factor of the postoperative curvature asymmetric distribution and induction of corneal vertical coma. [J Refract Surg. 2024;40(5):e321-e327.].

Comparative Study of Primary SMILE, SMILE Enhancement, and Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK on Higher Order Aberrations and Corneal Densitometry.

Refractive Surgery

To compare differences in corneal densitometry (CD) and higher order aberrations (HOAs) in eyes that underwent small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and femtosecond laser-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) for the treatment of myopia and myopic astigmatism at postoperative months 3, 6, and 12, and to evaluate their changes in a separate cohort of eyes after SMILE enhancement.

In this prospective, randomized, paired-eye clinical trial, consecutive eligible participants were randomized to undergo SMILE or FS-LASIK in either eye. Main outcome measures were CD and HOAs preoperatively and at 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively. A separate cohort of consecutive patients who had SMILE and underwent enhancement were also included for comparison.

For CD, no significant differences were found between SMILE and FS-LASIK up to month 12. For HOA measured by wavefront aberrometry, both SMILE and FS-LASIK had an increase in total root mean square (RMS) HOAs, spherical aberration (SA), and vertical coma up to month 12. SMILE had an additional increase in vertical quatrefoil, and FS-LASIK had an increase in horizontal coma at month 12. FS-LASIK had higher SA than SMILE, whereas SMILE had higher vertical quatrefoil than FS-LASIK at month 12. Central and posterior zone CD had significantly decreased after SMILE enhancement compared to after primary SMILE up to 2 years after enhancement. RMS HOAs, lower order aberrations, and SA were all increased after SMILE enhancement compared to after primary SMILE.

SMILE induced lower SA but higher vertical quatrefoil than FS-LASIK at 1 year. Both SMILE and FS-LASIK had similar increases in RMS HOAs and vertical coma up to 1 year. There were no differences in CD between both groups. SMILE enhancement additionally had decreased central and posterior CD but greater RMS HOAs and SA compared to primary SMILE. [J Refract Surg. 2024;40(5):e291-e303.].