title: A web-based information system for management and analysis of patient data after refractive eye surgery.
abstract: The aim was to develop a software tool for refractive surgeons using a standard user-friendly web-based interface, providing the user with a secure environment to protect large volumes of patient data. The software application was named "Internet-based refractive analysis" (IBRA), and was programmed with the computer languages PHP, HTML and JavaScript, attached to the opensource MySQL database. IBRA facilitated internationally accepted presentation methods including the stability chart, the predictability chart and the safety chart; it was able to perform vector analysis for the course of a single patient or for group data. With the integrated nomogram calculation, treatment could be customised to reduce the postoperative refractive error. Multicenter functions permitted quality-control comparisons between different surgeons and laser units.
authors.affiliation: St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK. b.zuberbuehler@zubisoft.ch
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zuberbuhler
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galloway
authors.forename: Aravind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saldana
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gale
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011381:Programming Languages; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012984:Software; D014792:Visual Acuity