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Corneal ectatic disorders, such as keratoconus, progressively weaken corneal integrity, leading to thinning, irregular astigmatism and visual deterioration.1 Typically progressive in nature, these ectasias result in increasingly thinner corneas, causing the cornea to protrude forward into a cone shape. This leads to increasing amounts of myopia and astigmatism – both regular and irregular – as the disease […]

Noel Alpins, ESCRS 2019 – PROWL LASIK Suprises 

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Published Online: Sep 27th 2019

We were delighted to meet up with Noel Alpins (NewVision Clinic, Victoria, Australia) again to hear about the PROWL-1 and PROWL-2 studies, and reports the patients most likely to benefit from LASIK vector planning.

Questions:
1. What were the aims of the PROWL-1 and PROWL-2 studies? (0:04)
2. What were the incidences of glare, starburst and halos in these studies? (2:00)
3. What are the causes of glare and halos? (3:34)
4. How can we reduce the incidence of glare and halos after LASIK? (4:40)
5. Which patients are likely to benefit most from LASIK vector planning and in whom is it contraindicated? (6:06)

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