The strongly localized interaction process of ultrashort laser pulses with tissue makes
femtosecond lasers a powerful tool for eye surgery. These lasers are now routinely used in …

… Briefly, rehydration, washes, and antibody dilutions were done in PBSA (saponin 0.1%,
HEPES 0.01M in phosphate buffer saline). After endogenous peroxidase activity blockade, …

Purpose.: To evaluate the potential of third-harmonic generation (THG) microscopy
combined with second-harmonic generation (SHG) and two-photon excited fluorescence (2PEF) …

Purpose. To identify changing trends in penetrating keratoplasties (PKs) performed at the
Hotel-Dieu Hospital in Paris between January 1980 and December 1999 and to explain the …

Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen in bacterial keratitis, a vision-threatening disease.
Although the incidence of S. aureus keratitis varies worldwide, the increasing trend of …

PURPOSE: To assess the reliability of Orbscan (Bausch & Lomb, Salt Lake City, UT) and
Pentacam (Oculus, Wetzlar, Germany) central corneal thickness (CCT) and peripheral corneal …

… in 2.5% glutaraldehyde cacodylate buffer (0.1 M, pH 7.4). Specimens were additionally
fixed in 1% osmium tetroxyde in cacodylate buffer (0.2 M, pH 7.4) and subjected to successive …

… energy (E S =19.1 mJ m −2 ) with a polar component of about 0.3 mJ m −2 . Teflon AF
energy was even lower (16.2 mJ m −2 ), with the same polar component: 0.3 mJ m −2 [4]. Such …

… m and y m ). The centroid (mean astigmatism) was then converted back to standard polar
notation as follows: C = ( x m 2 + y m 2 ) 0.5 a = 0.5 arctan ( y m / x m ) where a is the angle. (If x …

… Prisant, Olivier MD; Legeais, Jean-Marc MD, Ph.D.; Renard, Gilles MD …