mEYEstro software: an automatic tool for standardized refractive surgery outcomes reporting.

Area of Science:

• Ophthalmology
• Medical Informatics

Background:

• Standardized reporting of medical outcomes is crucial for clinical study comparison and research reproducibility.
• Refractive surgery outcome analysis requires standardized graphs and statistical methods.
• Existing methods for generating these reports can be time-consuming and require significant user input.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce mEYEstro, a novel, free, standalone application for automated standardized refractive surgery graphs.
• To provide a tool for single and multiple group comparisons in corneal and intraocular refractive surgery.
• To facilitate efficient and accurate analysis of refractive surgery outcomes.

Main Methods:

• Development of a novel standalone software application named mEYEstro.
• Implementation of automated graph generation for refractive surgery outcomes.
• Integration of statistical analyses directly within the graph creation process.

Main Results:

• mEYEstro generates 11 standard journal-ready graphs covering efficacy, safety, accuracy, and stability of refractive surgery outcomes.
• The software performs calculations including percent proportions, means, standard deviations, Cohen's d effect sizes, and p-values.
• Automated analysis and graph creation are completed in under 30 seconds with minimal user interaction.

Conclusions:

• mEYEstro software enables efficient and standardized analysis of refractive surgery outcomes.
• The application supports clinicians, surgeons, and researchers in meeting journal-specific reporting requirements.
• This tool promotes research reproducibility and facilitates clearer communication of surgical results.