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- ASSORT
- 5. Top Paradox Programmer Wins Trip to US Conference – (Borland Connection) 1993
- 10. Program Analyzes and Refines Refractive Surgery Technique – (Ophthalmology Times) Nov 1993
- 13. ASSORT – The Statistical Team for your Surgical Practice – (Eyecare Technology) Jun 1994
- 14. Alpins ASSORT Affords High-tech Outcomes Analysis – (OSN) Sep 1994
- 21. Cataract outcome programs proliferate along with managed care – (OSN) Jul 1995
- 28. Software computes accurate astigmatic correction nomograms for LASIK, PRK – (OSN) Oct 1997
- 30. Ophthalmoligst Develops Surgery Outcomes Software – (Biomedical Technology) May 1998
- 32. Software Program Refines Astigmatism Outcomes – (Medical Laser Report) Jul 1998
- 36. ASSORT: Laser capabilities expanded for astigmatism treatment – (JRS) Nov 1998
- 66. Software aims to reduce astigmatism after LASIK – (OSN) Dec 2002
- 118. Online calculator determines target power for toric IOLs – OSN August 2013
- 124. Toric IOL Refractive Surprises – Understanding & considering all the available options is imperative – Ophthalmology Times Europe April 2014
- 162. JCRS Letters ASSORT calculators accurate and clinically useful – JCRS 2021
- i-ASSORT
- 80. Refractive Procedure for the Keratoconic Patient – An examination of LASIK and PRK, with an emphasis on PARK – (Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today) Aug 2006
- 104. iASSORT Provides Astigmatic Analyses Using Topography (CRST Europe) Sep 2010
- 107. iASSORT and Pentacam for an Alpins astigmatism Analysis – Highlights of Opthalmology – 2011
- Astigmatism Series OSN
- 39. Vector Analysis of Astigmatism Correction: The Alpins Method – [1st in a series of 5 articles] (OSN) May 1999
- 40. Flattening, Steepening and Torque are crucial points in astigmatism surgery – [2nd in series of 5 articles] (OSN) Jun 1999
- 41. Corneal versus refractive astigmatism: integrated analysis – [3rd in series of 5 articles] (OSN) Jun 1999
- 42. The treatment or Irregular Astigmatism – [4th in series of 5 articles] (OSN) July 1999
- 43. Topographic disparity: a useful new measure of irregular astigmatism – [5th in series of 5 articles] (OSN) Jul 1999
- At Issue OSN
- 49. At Issue: Preferred regimen for curing haze after PRK – (OSN) Aug 2000
- 50. At Issue: Is there a place in the future of refractive surgery for both PRK and LASIK? – (OSN) Aug 2000
- 51. At Issue: Reasons for use of one microkeratome over any other – (OSN) Aug 2000
- 53. At Issue: Computer-related vision problems – (OSN) Sep 2000
- 55. At Issue: Preventing infections – (OSN) Nov 2000
- 56. At Issue: The effect of discount LASIK – (OSN) Mar 2001
- 57. At Issue: Are doctors seeing a rise in antibiotic resistance? – (OSN) Jul 2001
- 58. At Issue: Have custom corneal ablations improved LASIK results? – (OSN) Sep 2001
- 59. At Issue: Under what circumstances, if any, should a person under age 18 have LASIK? – (OSN) Nov 2001
- 62. At Issue: What do you prefer for LASIK enhancements, lifting the flap or recutting, and why? – (OSN) Feb 2002
- 67. At Issue: With the current economic climate in your country, is it feasible to expand your practice? If yes, how? If no, why?- (OSN) Oct 2002
- 69. At Issue: “How important is fluidics today for performing modern phacoemulsification, including microincision cataract surgery?” – (OSN) Mar 2004
- 73. At Issue: What is your preferred prophylactic regimen for cataract surgery? – (OSN) Feb 2005
- 76. At Issue: For what refractive errors would you consider lens-based surgery over laser-based procedures?’ – (OSN) Jun 2005
- 77. At Issue: What do you think was the biggest news in Refractive Surgery in 2005 and why? – (OSN) Dec 2005
- 78. At Issue: For patients with myopia greater than 7D who desire refractive surgery, what treatment do you prefer and why? – (OSN) April 2006
- 82. At Issue: What is your highest limit for hyperopic correction in laser refractive surgery and why? – (OSN) Oct 2006
- 85. At Issue: Do you recommend the use of omega fatty acids to treat dry eye? Why or why not? – (OSN) Apr 2007
- 109. Preoperative OCT a Significant Step
- 112. Study: Corneal Sensation Reduced After LRIs (OSN) – February 2012
- Australia Day Ambassador
- Cataract
- 2. Small incision triple procedure for cataract and glaucoma – (OSN) Dec 1992
- 4. Single-stitch surgery can increase ATR astigmatism – (OSN) Jan 1993
- 11. Target Emmetropia feature: What type of Cataract Surgeon are you? – (OSN) Jan 1994
- 22. Target Emmetropia: Incorporating Refractive Surgery Principles for better Cataract Surgery Results – (OSN) Aug 1995
- 69. At Issue: “How important is fluidics today for performing modern phacoemulsification, including microincision cataract surgery?” – (OSN) Mar 2004
- 92. The view from Australia – (EyeWorld) Oct 2007
- 96. Maximising astigmatism correction in cataract surgery (EuroTimes) Sep 2008
- 113. Cataract Surgery: New Challenges and Innovations – The Pulse – Autumn 2012
- 120. Free online calculator for toric IOL planning and postoperative analyses – CRST September 2013
- 121. Refractive suprise after toric intraocular lens implantation: Graph analysis – JCRS February 2014
- 124. Toric IOL Refractive Surprises – Understanding & considering all the available options is imperative – Ophthalmology Times Europe April 2014
- 132. Inovative Toric IOL Calculators and How to Use Them – CRST Europe May 2015
- 149. Refractive Lens Exchange for High Hyperopic Astigmatism Followed by LASIK – Book – Difficult and Complicated Cases in Refractive Surgery – 2017
- 153. Quality of images with toric intraocular lenses – JCRS 2018
- Corneal Topography
- 44. EW Dialogue: Placido vs. nonplacido disk videokeratography – (EyeWorld) Sep 1999
- 106. Utilising Topographers (Eurotimes)- October 2010
- 117. Corneal Astigmatism – New method gives more accurate measurement of astigmatism of the whole cornea – (Euro Time) June 2013
- 119. Corneal topographic astigmatism corresponds to manifest refractive cylinder – OSN July 2013
- 122. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Measurement – Revista Issue 2, 2014
- 125. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Measurement – Highlights of Ophthalmology Journals (Spanish Addition Series 2014)
- 126. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Measurement – Highlights of Ophthalmology Journals (English Addition Series 2014)
- 156. Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Based on Total Corneal Power Data (CorT Total): A Benchmark for Total Corneal Astigmatism – Cornea 2019
- 158. Optimized CorT Total to Compare Scheimpflug vs Dual Scheimpflug/Placido Imaging Devices – JCRS 2021
- 163. Assessing Total Keratometry Astigmatism, Simulated Keratometry, and Total Corneal Topographic Astigmatism Against Manifest Refractive Cylinder – JRS 2021
- Editorial
- 63. Editorial Comment: Consider the vertex distance in refractive surgical procedures. Presbyopia technologies include IOL and scleral approaches – (OSN) Feb 2002
- 128. Measuring Astigmatism Planning Surgery and Tracking Results – Limbal Relaxing Incisions – Nichamin (Slack Incorporated 2014)
- 137. Standard for Reporting Refractive Outcomes of Intraocular Lens Based Refractive Surgery – JCRS April 2017
- 143. How to get Accuracy in Intraocular Lens Calculations in Normal and Extreme Cases – Touch Medical Media 2017
- Front Page
- 9. Patient Demand for Excimer Surpasses RK – (OSN) Nov 1993
- 27. LASIK – Refractive surgery thought leaders – (EyeWorld) Sep 1997
- 52. Is the future of refractive surgery based on corneal topography or wavefront? – (OSN) Aug 2000
- 60. Presbyopia technologies include IOL and scleral approaches – (OSN) Jan 2002
- 63. Editorial Comment: Consider the vertex distance in refractive surgical procedures. Presbyopia technologies include IOL and scleral approaches – (OSN) Feb 2002
- 64. Editorial Comment: Wavefront gains supporters, skeptics. – (OSN) Aug 2002
- 90. Laser calculation benefits keratoconus patients-PARK with vector planning for keratoconus patients maintains 10-year outcomes – (OSN) Sep 2007
- 100. Study finds that combined refractive treatment reduces astigmatism more than wavefront alone (OSN) Apr 2009
- 103. Australian ophthalmologists oppose cut in Medicare rebate for cataract surgery (OSN) Jan 2010
- 110. Worldwide Need for Cataracr Surgery Projected to Rapidly Grow in Next 10 Years – Asia Pacific – November/December 2011
- Irregular Astigmatism
- 164. Hemidivisional Vector Planning to Reduce and Regularize Irregular Astigmatism by Laser Treatment – Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, February 2022.
- 144. Role of Hemidivisional Corneal Topographic Astigmatism (CorTs) in the Regularization and Reduction of Irregular Astigmatism – Cornea 2017.
- 23. Software Links Excimer to Topography – (OSN) 1995
- 37. Symmetry in motion: A look at the Alpins’ method for treating irregular astigmatism – (EyeWorld) Dec 1998
- 83. Experiencia Personal en el Manejo del Astigmatismo Irregular – (Highlights of Ophthalmology – Spanish Edition) 2007
- 84. Personal Experience in the Management of Irregular Astigmatism – (Highlights of Ophthalmology) 2007
- Keratoconus
- Laser
- 8. ISRK Panel: Managing High Myopia – (OSN) Nov 1993
- 9. Patient Demand for Excimer Surpasses RK – (OSN) Nov 1993
- 27. LASIK – Refractive surgery thought leaders – (EyeWorld) Sep 1997
- 28. Software computes accurate astigmatic correction nomograms for LASIK, PRK – (OSN) Oct 1997
- 123. Operating on the laser’s edge – EyeWorld March 2014
- 139. Planning for Coupling Effects in Bitoric Mixed Astigmatism Ablative Treatments – JRS 2017
- Letter To The Editor
- 3. Letters to the Editor: Evaluating Astigmatic Results – JCRS 1993
- 17. Letters to the Editor: Surgically Induced Astigmatism – Aus/NZ Ophthalmology 1994
- 18. Letters to the Editor: Vector Analysis – (JCRS) 1994
- 72. Letters to the Editor: Analyzing Refractive Data – (JCRS) 2004
- 75. Letters to the Editor: Combining Wavefront and Topography Data – JCRS April 2005
- 81. Letters to the Editor: Terms Used for Analysis of Astigmatism – (JRS) June 2006
- 115. Letters to the Editor: A Re-Analysis of Astigmatism Correction – British Journal of Ophthalmology 2012
- 127. Letters to the Editor – Excimer Laser Correction of Astigmatism: Consistent Terminology for Better Outcomes – Journal of Refractive Surgery 2014
- 129. Letters to the Editor – Vector Analysis with Femtosecond Laser – JCRS 2014
- 136. Letters to the Editor: Astigmatism Terminology and Source References – ASCRS & ESCRS 2016
- 138. Letters to the Editor: Topography-modified refraction – Adjustment of treated cylinder amount and axis to the topography versus standard clinical refraction in myopic topography-guided LASIK – Dovepress June 2017
- 141. Letters to the Editor: Refractive, corneal, and ocular residual astigmatism: distribution in a German population and age-dependency: the Gutenberg health study – Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Oct 2017
- Outcomes
- 1. Improving Surgery by Analysis – (ASSORT) (OSN) Jul 1992
- 6. A new method of astigmatism analysis – (OSN) Aug 1993
- 30. Ophthalmologist Develops New Method of Analysing Astigmatism – (Insight) Aug 1998
- 38. PRK more accurate when astigmatism isn’t also a factor – (Ophthalmology Times) Mar 1999
- 87. XXIV Congress of the ESCRS, London 2006 – Assessing outcomes in refractive surgery – (Eurotimes) Apr 2007
- 93. US FDA adopts Aust-developed laser technique as its standard – (Insight) Nov 2007
- 94. Practice Management – Doctor, how good are your results with patients like me? – (Eurotimes) Jun 2008
- 101. Ocular residual astigmatism measurement could salvage 5% of dissatisfied LASIK patients (OSN) Jun 2009
- 152. Astigmatism Surprise After Refractive Surgery – In book: Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery (pp.145-152) Jan 2018
- 154. An Ineffective Astigmatism Analysis – JRS 2019
- 160. Comment on: Rethinking the optimal methods for vector analysis of astigmatism – JCRS 2021
- Practice Management
- Section Editor
- Surgical Technique
- 2. Small incision triple procedure for cataract and glaucoma – (OSN) Dec 1992
- 16. Surgical Manoeuvres – An Excimer Laser PRK Technique – (OSN) Nov 1994
- 19. Adjusting Astigmatism Magnitude to Improve Excimer PRK Results – (OSN) 1995
- 20. Astigmatism Roundtable – Managing Astigmatism during Cataract Surgery – (OSN) Mar 1995
- 24. New Multizone-Multipass Technique for PRK – (OSN) August 1996
- 29. Refraction optimised by adjusting laser nomograms – (Ophthalmology Times) Nov 2007
- 35. An Australian approach to modulating corneal healing in PRK – (Euro Times) Nov 1998
- 45. EW Cover Interview: Optimising approaches to astigmatism assessment – (EyeWorld) Mar 2000
- 60. Presbyopia technologies include IOL and scleral approaches – (OSN) Jan 2002
- 79. Personalised nomograms ‘essential’ surgeons say – A personalized nomogram allows greater accuracy in refractive surgery, incorporating many variables that can affect outcomes – (OSN) Apr 2006
- 127. Letters to the Editor: Excimer Laser Correction of Astigmatism: Consistent Terminology for Better Outcomes – Journal of Refractive Surgery 2014
- Vector Planning
- 7. TIA – Know what you are aiming for in astigmatism surgery – (OSN) Aug 1993
- 12. Vector Analysis Can Improve Predictability of Astigmatism – (Ophthalmology Times) Mar 1994
- 15. Paris 94 Supplement: Excimer Laser Surgery Planning. Practical Astigmatism Analysis for the PRK and AK Surgeon – (OSN) Oct 1994
- 26. Astigmatism Treatment uses Refractive, Topographic Data – (Ophthalmology Times) Aug 1997
- 27. Corneal Topography Data enhance Astigmatic Outcomes – (OSN) Jul 1998
- 31. The Alpins Method: A Breakthrough in Astigmatism Analysis – (Medical Electronics) Sep 1998
- 46. EW Dialogue: The astigmatic armamentarium – (EyeWorld) Mar 2000
- 47. EW Dialogue: Challenging cylinders: Optimising astigmatism assessment and treatment – (EyeWorld) Mar 2000
- 61. Refractive Surgery: Correcting astigmatism – (EyeWorld) Jan 2002
- 71. Resultant astigmatism can be minimized with inclusion of topography data, surgeon says – ‘Vector planning can help surgeons find the optimal balance between corneal and refractive measurements’ – (OSN) Dec 2004
- 74. Innovation Spotlight – “Angles on using customised vector analysis to treat refractive patients” – (OSN) Feb 2005
- 86. Topography and wavefront linkage improves visual outcomes – (Eurotimes) Apr 2007
- 89. ASCRS Highlights – Refractive keratectomy with vector planning for keratoconus maintains outcomes at 10 years – (OSN) June 2007
- 95. In the journal – LASIK for myopic astigmatism (EyeWorld) Jul 2008
- 97. Melbourne surgeon’s technique recognised as improving treatment of astigmatism (Insight) Sep 2008
- 98. Aussie World First: New Astigmatism Treatment Technique (Mivision) Dec 2008
- 100. Study finds that combined refractive treatment reduces astigmatism more than wavefront alone (OSN) Apr 2009
- 105. Refractive and Corneal Paramatres Should be Used (Eurotimes) – Sep 2010
- 127. Letters to the Editor: Excimer Laser Correction of Astigmatism: Consistent Terminology for Better Outcomes – Journal of Refractive Surgery 2014
- 140. Vector Planning Delivers Superior Outcomes for Myopic Astigmatism – Ophthalmology Times 2017
- 144. Vector Planning: An Overdue Paradigm Shift – Healio.com/Ophthalmology 2018
- 150. Clinical outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis with an aberration-neutral profile centered on the corneal vertex comparing vector planning with manifest refraction planning for the treatment of myopic astigmatism – JCRS 2017
- 151. Vector Planning and Corneal Topographic Astigmatism – European Ophthalmic Review Jan 2018
- 155. Respect for Corneal Astigmatism – JOJ Ophthalmology 2019 (article)
- 157. Comparison of clinical outcomes between Vector Planning and manifest refraction planning in small incision lenticule extraction for myopic astigmatism – JCRS 2020
- 159. Comment on: Comparison of clinical outcomes between vector planning and manifest refraction planning in small-incision lenticule extraction for myopic astigmatism – JCRS 2021
- 161. JCRS letter: SMILE and Vector Planning clinical results study – JCRS 2021
- Wavefront-Topography
- 48. The future of wavefront refraction as a diagnostic tool – (EyeWorld) May 2000
- 52. Is the future of refractive surgery based on corneal topography or wavefront? – (OSN) Aug 2000
- 54.Wavefront is showing signs of success, but can it do it alone? – (OSN) Sep 2000
- 64. Editorial Comment: Wavefront gains supporters, skeptics. – (OSN) Aug 2002
- 65. At Issue: With the current economic climate in your country, is it feasible to expand your practice? – (OSN) October 2002
- 68. Mixing vector, wavefront values improves outcomes – (OSN) Oct 2003
- 88. Wavefront mixed with topography offers ‘ideal laser treatment’ – (OSN) May 2007
- 99. The new frontier for clear vision (Mivision) Feb 2009