title: Customized corneal ablation.
abstract: Refractive surgery is still one of the most innovative and evolving fields in ophthalmology. With the advent of customized ablation, a change in paradigm has been established: the primary goal of refractive surgery is not only to eliminate spectacles but to improve or at least prevent deterioration of the optical performance of the eye. Wavefront-guided refractive surgery has, as a new goal, to correct or at least minimize all optical aberrations of the eye, and consequently to improve or preserve visual performance, especially under scotopic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seiler
authors.forename: Mohammad H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Dastjerdi
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000379:methods*; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy / Q000379:methods*; D054140:Refractive Surgical Procedures