Research Papers & Medical Publications

2024

The Development of a Thick-Lens Post–Myopic Laser Vision Correction Intraocular Lens Calculation Formula

Debellemanière G, Mechleb N, Bernier T, Ancel JM, Gauvin M, Wallerstein A, Saad A, Gatinel D.          
American Journal of Ophthalmology, June 2024, Vol.262, 40-47.

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2024

Comparison of Higher-Order Corneal Irregularities in Eyes with Oblique,      
with-the-Rule, and Against-the-Rule Astigmatism

Wallerstein A, Tai P, Gauvin M.     
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, April 2024, Vol.50, No.4, 428-429. In Press.

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2023

Comment on “Comparison of Refractive and Visual Acuity Results After Contoura® Vision Topography-Guided LASIK Planned with the Phorcides Analytic Engine to Results After Wavefront-Optimized LASIK in Eyes with Oblique Astigmatism”

Wallerstein A, Tai P, Gauvin M.       
PLOS ONE, November 2023, Vol. 17, No. 12.

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2023

Novel Technique to Improve the Efficacy of Corneal Cross Linking in Cases of Post LASIK Ectasia [Letter]

Wallerstein A, Wandzura A , Gauvin M.       
Clinical Ophthalmology, December 2023, Vol.17, 3717-3718.

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2023

Characterization of Postoperative LASIK Ectasia Features on Higher-Order Aberration Excimer Ablation Maps

Wallerstein A, Santhakumaran S, Tabunar L, Cohen M, Gauvin M.   
BMC Ophthalmol. 2023;23:517.

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2023

Angle Kappa Influence on Multifocal IOL Outcomes

Wallerstein A, Ridgway C, Gatinel D, Debellemanière G, Mimouni M, Albert D, Cohen M, Lloyd J, Gauvin M.       
Journal of Refractive Surgery, December 2023, Vol.39, No.12, 840–849.

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2023

Impact of Single Constant Optimization on the Precision of IOL Power Calculation

Gatinel D, Debellemanière G, Saad A, Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Rampat R, Malet J.  
Translational Vision Science & Technology, November 2023, Vol.12, 11.

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2023

What Do Surgeons Mean With The Term "Surgically Induced Astigmatism"?

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M.   
J Refract Surg. 2023;39(8):574.

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2023

A Simplified Method To Minimize Systematic Bias Of Single-Optimized Intraocular Lens Power Calculation Formulas

Gatinel D, Debellemanière G, Saad A, Rampat R, Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Mallet J.   
Am J Ophthalmol. 2023:9394(23)00200-3.

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2023

Toric Trifocal Intraocular Lens For Refractive Lens Exchange: A Multi-Center, Multi-Surgeon Large Cohort Study

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Trottier P, Cohen M, Lloyd J, Racine L, Albert D, Ahmed, I, Mimouni M.   
J Refract Surg. 2023;39(5):302–310.

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2023

mEYEstro Software: An Automatic Tool For Standard Refractive Surgery Outcomes Reporting

Gauvin M, Wallerstein A.   
BMC Ophthalmology. 2023(1):171.

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2023

Corneal And Whole-Eye Higher Order Aberrations Do Not Correlate With Ocular Residual Astigmatism In Prepresbyopic Refractive Surgery Candidates

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M.   
Cornea. 2023.(published ahead-of-print):10.1097

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2023

Comment On: Diagnosis And Management Of Postrefractive Surgery Ectasia

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M.   
J Cataract Refract Surg. 2023;49(4):448.

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2023

Relative Accuracy Indices For Preoperative Differences In Sphere And Seq Allow For Better Study Comparisons

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M.   
J Refract Surg. 2023;39(4):288.

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2022

Using The First-Eye Back-Calculated Effective Lens Position To Improve Refractive Outcome Of The Second Eye

Mechleb N, Debellemanière G, Gauvin M, Wallerstein A, Saad A, Gatinel D   
Journal of Clinical Medicine 12(1):184, 2022

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2022

Does Adjunctive Under-Flap CXL Reduce Regression For Hyperopic LASIK?

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 38(12):770-779, 2022

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2022

Posterior Corneal Astigmatism Does Not Influence Manifest-Treated Topography-Guided LASIK Outcomes

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 38(12):780–790, 2022

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2022

Does Phorcides Software Yield Inferior Topography-Guided LASIK Accuracy Versus Targeting The Manifest Astigmatism?

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 38(11):750-751, 2022

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2022

Comment On: Clinical Results Of Topography-Guided Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis Using The Anterior Corneal Astigmatism Axis And Manifest Refractive Astigmatism Axis

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2022

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2022

Three Year Outcomes Of Under-Flap Stromal Bed CXL For Early Post-LASIK Ectasia

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Rocha G, Sison S, Korban S, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 38(8):511-519, 2022

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2022

Hypo-Osmolar Accelerated CXL On Resultant Sub 400um Topography Guided Excimer Regularized Keratoconus Corneas

Salimi A, Gauvin M, Harissi-Dagher M, Racine L, Cohen M, Wallerstein A   
Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery, 2022

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2022

Astigmatism Treatment Bias In A Topography-Guided Vs Wavefront-Optimized LASIK Meta-Analysis

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 38(2):142-143, 2022

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2021

Large Axis Difference Between Topographic Anterior Corneal Astigmatism And Manifest Refractive Astigmatism: Can Topography-Guided LASIK Target The Manifest Axis?

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, QI SR, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 37(10):662-673, 2021

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2021

Does Anterior Corneal Coma Affect Manifest Astigmatism? Virgin Healthy Corneas Differ From Traumatically, Surgically, Or Biomechanically Induced Irregular Corneas With High Coma

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 37(8):1-2, 2021

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2021

The PEARL-DGS Formula: The Development Of An Open-Source Machine Learning-Based Thick IOL Calculation Formula

Debellemanière G, Dubois M, Gauvin M, Wallerstein A, Brenner F, Radhika R, Saad A, Gatinel D   
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021

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2021

Vector Analysis Reveals That Topography-Guided LASIK Targeting The Manifest Refraction (MR) Is Superior To Topography-Modified Refraction (TMR) And Layer Yolked Reduction Of Astigmatism (LYRA)

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Clinical Ophthalmology 15:889-890, 2021

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2021

Keratoconus Features On Corneal Higher-Order Aberration Ablation Maps: Proof-Of-Concept Of A New Diagnostic Modality

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Mimouni M, Racine L, Salimi A, Cohen M   
Clinical Ophthalmology 15:623-633, 2021

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2021

Erratum For “The Relationship Between Preoperative Anterior Corneal Higher Order Aberrations And Topography-Guided Excimer Ablation Depth”

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 37(2), 2021

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2020

Targeting Anterior Corneal Astigmatism With Topography-Guided Ablation Ignores Ocular Residual Astigmatism, Resulting in Inferior Outcomes

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 36(1):63-65, December 2020

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2020

Disagreement Between Theoretical And Actual Phorcides Outcomes: Is Phorcides Inferior To Treating On The Manifest Refraction?

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Clinical Ophthalmology 14:3829-3830, November 2020

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2020

Is Phorcides More Likely To Give Better Vision Than Treating The Manifest Refraction?

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery 46(10):1451-1452, 2020

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2020

The Relationship Between Anterior Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations And Topography-Guided Excimer Ablation Depth

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 36(8):506-510, June 2020

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2020

Re: Ang Et Al.: Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Femtosecond Lasik And Small Incision Lenticule Extraction

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M   
American Academy of Ophthalmology 27:724-730, 2020

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2020

Effect Of The Vectorial Difference Between Manifest Refractive Astigmatism And Anterior Corneal Astigmatism On Topography-Guided Lasik Outcomes

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Qi SR, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 35(12):754-762, 2020

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2020

Refractive, Visual, And Subjective Quality Of Vision Outcomes For Very High Myopia Lasik From −10.00 To −13.50 Diopters

Wallerstein A, Kam JWK, Gauvin M, Adiguzel E, Bashour M, Kalevar A, Cohen M. BMC Ophthalmol.   
BMC Ophthalmology 20(234):1-10, 2020

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2019

Topography-Guided Ablation Targeting the Anterior Corneal Astigmatism Yields Interior Outcomes vs Targeting the Manifest Refractive Astigmatism

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 35(12):815-816, December 2019

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2019

Effect of Anterior Corneal Higher-Order Aberration Ablation Depth on Primary Topography-Guided LASIK Outcomes

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 35(12):754-762, December 2019

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2019

Primary Topography-Guided LASIK: Refractive, Visual, and Subjective Quality of Vision Outcomes for Astigmatism ≥2.00 Diopters

Wallerstein A, Caron-Cantin M, Gauvin M, Adiguzel E, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 35(2):78-86, February 2019

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2019

Primary Topography-Guided LASIK: Treating Manifest Refractive Astigmatism Versus Topography-Measured Anterior Corneal Astigmatism

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Ruyu Qi S, Bashour M, Cohen M   
Journal of Refractive Surgery 35(1):15-23, January 2019

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2018

Management of post-LASIK dry eye: a multicenter randomized comparison of a new multi-ingredient artificial tear to carboxymethylcellulose

Wallerstein A, Jackson WB, Chambers J, Moezzi A, Lin H, Simmons P   
Clinical Ophthalmology 2018(12):839–848, June 2018

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2017

Clinically significant laser in situ keratomileusis flap striae

Wallerstein A, Gauvin M, Adiguzel E, Singh H, Gupta V, Harissi-Dagher M, Cohen M   
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 43(12):1523–1533, December 2017

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2016

Under-Flap Stromal Bed CXL for Early Port-LASIK Ectasia: A Novel Treatment Technique

Wallerstein A, Adiguzel E, Gauvin M, Mohammad-Shahi N, Cohen M   
Clinical Ophthalmology 2017(11):1-8, December 2016

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2015

Comparison Of New Multi-Ingredient Lubricant Eye Drop Containing Hyaluronic Acid Vs Carboxymethylcellulose 0.5% For Ocular Dryness Following LASIK Surgery: A Multicenter, Randomized 90 Day Study

Wallerstein A, Jackson WB, Chambers J, Moezzi A, Wiens J, Lin H   
2015 ASCRS Annual Meeting (San Diego, April 2015)

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2015

Outcomes of LASIK Enhancement After Primary PRK Regression

Taha M, Adiguzel E, Wallerstein A, Cohen M   
2015 ASCRS Annual Meeting (San Diego, April 2015)

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2014

Collagen Crosslinking and Topography-Guided Customized Ablation Treatment For Keratoconus And Post-LASIK Ectasia: Montreal Protocol

Wallerstein A, Adiguzel E, Bower T, Korban S, Cohen M   
2014 ISRS Annual Meeting (Chicago, October 2014)

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2014

Very High Astigmatism Outcomes With PRK And LASIK

Liu X, Adiguzel E, Wallerstein A, Cohen M   
XXXII Congress of the ESCRS (London, September 2014)

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2013

High Myopia Outcomes With Latest Generation Excimer Laser

Kalevar A, Bashour M, Adiguzel E, Cohen M, Wallerstein A   
XXXI Congress of the ESCRS (Amsterdam, October 2013)

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2013

Outcomes of Laser Vision Correction in Myopes With Post-Operative Corneal Curvatures Less Than 37D

An JA, Adiguzel E, Cohen M, Wallerstein A   
2013 Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting (Montreal, June 2013)

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2013

Distribution of Keratoconus Match Index and Keratoconus Match Probabilities in A Normal Refractive surgery Population

Shen Y, AlMahmoud T, Adiguzel E, Cohen M, Wallerstein A   
2013 Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology (Copenhagen, June 2013)

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2013

Incidence, Risk Factor, and Outcomes of LASIK Flap Striae Requiring Flap Re-Lift and Irrigation

Wallerstein A, Cohen M, Harissi-Dagher M, Singh H, Gupta V, Adiguzel E   
2013 ASCRS Annual Meeting (San Francisco, April 2013)   

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2013

Photorefractive Keratectomy for Myopia

Helen K Wu, MD and Pierre E Demers, MD, FRCSC  
Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina, 2013;27(1):29–44  

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2012

Customized Ablation Tool Useful for Re-Treatment

Guttman Krader C, Wallerstein A, Cohen M   
Ophthalmology Times 37(18), September 2012

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2003

LASIK Surgical Techniques: Tips and Pearls

Cohen M, Wallerstein A   
Techniques in Ophthalmology 1(2):86-91, June 2003

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2003

Corneal Biopsy

Demers P   
Techniques in Ophthalmology 1(2):92-97, June 2003

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2003

Wavefront-Guided Refractive Surgery

Wallerstein A   
Techniques in Ophthalmology 1(1):17-21, March 2003

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2002

Topography-based screening for previous laser in situ keratomileusis to correct myopia

François Destrempes, Isabelle Brunette, Jean Meunier, Mylène Beyrouthy, Pierre Demers, Sameh Fanous, Guy Doyon   
J. Cataract Refract Surg. 2002 Sep;28(9):1644-50

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