The word “elective” refers to medications and procedures undertaken by choice or with a
lower grade of prioritization. Patients usually use elective medications or undergo elective …

The objective of this review was to provide a comprehensive overview and comparison of
results from all prospective randomized trials published to date of medications used to treat …

Objective To evaluate current best practices for postoperative photorefractive keratectomy
(PRK) pain control. Methods Literature searches in the PubMed database were last …

Presbyopia remains a major visual impairment for patients, who have previously undergone
laser refractive correction and enjoyed unaided distance vision prior to the onset of …

Purpose: To test the effect of different sodium channel blockers on the electrical activity of
corneal nociceptors in intact and surgically injured corneas. Methods: In anesthetized …

Acute corneal pain is a common complaint that causes significant distress to patients and
continues to challenge therapeutic avenues for pain management. Current topical treatment …

Objectives: To assess and compare the efficacy of two nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs), namely diclofenac and ketorolac, for pain control after photorefractive keratectomy …

Introduction The study aimed to compare postoperative pain between alcohol-assisted and
transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy in patients who received the novel analgesic …

It is unclear whether epipolis-laser in situ keratomileusis (Epi-LASIK) has any significant
advantage over photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for correcting myopia. We undertook this …

To examine the refractive and visual outcome of laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis
(LASEK) with mitomycin C (MMC) in eyes with myopic astigmatism≥ 2.00 diopters (D). This …