(1) We have reported the development of 1.6 diopters of myopia in a group of patients exposed to reptitive oxygen breathing at two atmospheres absolute pressure.
(2) The change in refractive astigmatism was as high as 1.50DC (diopter cylinder).
(3) The averaged anesthetized alignment pertained to the whole group of 6.2 prism diopters of esotropia, which correlated poorly with the preoperative deviation.
(4) Astigmatism greater than +1.25 diopters (as high as +5.50 diopters) was most commonly associated with dacryoceles (eight of 12 eyes) and with hemangiomas (14 of 17 eyes).
(5) An average of 8.20 diopters (standard deviation SD = 2.40 D) of flattening was obtained in 20 human donor eyes.
(6) Hyperphoria of over 1 prism diopter was extremely rare.
(7) To determine the effect of optically induced blur on the visual field measured with high pass spatially filtered targets, 10 normal subjects had field examinations with 0 diopter + 1.00 diopter or + 2.00 diopter of overcorrection in the cyclopleged state.
(8) Of the adult aphakic cases, 80% were within 3 diopters of emmetropia at six months, with four cases showing an undercorrection.
(9) By appropriate multivariate statistical analyses, about 95 per cent of the variance in results of surgery (expressed as change in deviation from preoperative to the postoperative time in prism diopters per millimeter of surgical correction) could be accounted for.
(10) Our patient's corneal curvature steepened almost 3 diopters following lenticule removal.
(11) A new laser iridotomy-sphincterotomy contact lens, bearing a 103-diopter optical button decentered 2.5 mm, gives the smallest iris focal spot and highest iris energy density practicably obtainable with a single optical glass refracting surface placed upon a thin Goldmann-type contact lens.
(12) After all sutures were removed, results showed an average decrease in myopia of 13.24 diopters (D) (range 1.75 to 23.25) principally from corneal flattening and a small reduction in axial length.
(13) With three observers, we compared the accuracy and reproducibility (precision) of the Marco Keratometer Model 1 and EyeSys Corneal Analysis System Model I using four poly(methyl methacrylate) spheres (37.50, 42.51, 47.54, and 55.06 diopters [D]), three steel spheres (40.50, 42.50, and 44.75 D), and 20 normal human eyes (41.50 to 46.00 D).
(14) To compare the effects of these two strategies, eight rabbits underwent bilateral 5.00-diopter myopic ablations, performed with a contracting diaphragm in one eye and an expanding diaphragm in the other.
(15) Surgically induced astigmatism, as absolute change in cylinder (without regard to axis) at three months postoperatively averaged 0.46 diopter (D) for the 4.0 mm incision group, 0.57 D for the 5.2 mm incision group, and 0.52 D for the 7.0 mm incision group.
(16) The range of preoperative myopia was - 1.50 diopters to - 17.50 D (spherical equivalent).
(17) Thirty-eight percent had more than 5 diopters (D) of astigmatism in the graft.
(18) Of the patients who underwent unilateral superior rectus recession, only six developed a significant (14 prism diopters or more) DVD in the unoperated eye.
(19) Postoperative astigmatism ranged between 0 and 4 diopters, with an average of 1.7 diopters.
(20) At one day after surgery, the larger incision group had significantly higher (P less than .01) mean keratometric cylinder (2.28 diopters vs 1.28 diopters in the small incision group).
Surgical
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.
Example Sentences:
(1) A report is presented of 6 surgically-treated cases of recurrent cervical carcinoma.
(2) The Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA) is a dissecting system that removes tissue by vibration, irrigation and suction; fluid and particulate matter from tumors are aspirated and subsquently deposited in a canister.
(3) However it is important to recognize these cysts so that correct surgical management is offered to the patient.
(4) All the women had vaginal ultrasound velocimetry studies in both mainstem uterine arteries through the parametrium before the surgical procedure and again after the procedure.
(5) Surgical repair of the rheumatologic should however, is performed rarely, and should be reserved for the infrequent cases that do not respond to medical therapy.
(6) In 1 of the 3, anterior capsular detachment was also demonstrated radiographically and confirmed surgically.
(7) These authors, therefore, conclude that this modified surgical approach is a viable alternative to the previously described procedures for resistant metatarsus adductus.
(8) Cor triatriatum (CT) is a rare congenital defect, surgically correctable, and sometimes difficult to diagnose by cardiac catheterization.
(9) Differentiation between these two types of lesions is of utmost importance since the surgical approach will be different.
(10) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
(11) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
(12) We reviewed our 5-year surgical experience with undescended testes in 295 patients.
(13) Nine of the 12 long-term survivors showed lymph node metastasis and six of the 12 revealed cancer cells at the surgical margins.
(14) He also deals with the incidence, conservative and surgical treatment of osteo-arthrosis in old age and with the possibilities of its prevention.
(15) The successful treatment of the painful neuroma remains an elusive surgical goal.
(16) Wilder Penfield's development of surgical methods for treating focal cerebral seizures, beginning with his early work in Montreal in 1928, is reviewed.
(17) Surgical removal was avoided without complications by detaching it with a ring stripper.
(18) A new surgical procedure for idiopathic priapism has been used successfully in patients.
(19) Schistosomal obstructive uropathy was studied by clinical, laboratory epidemiologic and pathologic analysis in 155 Egyptian patients treated surgically.
(20) Renal arteriography is therefore alone capable of answering two primordial questions: "Must surgery be undertaken and when operating, what surgical tactics to adopt".