ArticleInternational ophthalmology2020
Comparison of visual quality after Femto-LASIK and TransPRK in patients with low and moderate myopia.
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- Evaluation of stability and visual quality in Chinese myopic eyes 2 years following FS-LASIK combined with prophylactic corneal crosslinking.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Advances in Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy versus Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparison of Vision Correction and Corneal Thickness at 180-Day Follow-Up After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (FS-LASIK), Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK), and Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE): A Study from a Single Center in Poland of 120 Patients with Myopia.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Comparison of clinical outcomes of LASIK, Trans-PRK, and SMILE for correction of myopia.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2022Article
- Comparative study of objective visual quality between FS-LASIK and SMART in myopia.International journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the visual quality after surgery of femtosecond-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis (Femto-LASIK) and transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TransPRK) in low and moderate myopia patients.
methodsA prospective controlled study was performed on 114 eyes of 62 patients with low to moderate myopia, including 64 eyes of 36 cases in Femto-LASIK group and 50 eyes of 26 cases in TransPRK group. The uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), residual spherical equivalent (SE), wavefront aberration and contrast sensitivity were examined and analyses preoperatively, 1 month and 3 months postoperatively.
resultsThe UCVA over 0.8 was 100% in two groups at 1 month and 3 months postoperatively. Femto-LASIK group (96.49%) had a higher percentage than TransPRK group (67.39%) of UCVA over 1.0 at 1 month postoperatively (p < 0.001), but it was similar in two groups (97.78%, 90.48%) at 3 months postoperatively (p = 0.15). Femto-LASIK group (77.19%, 86.67%) had a higher percentage than TransPRK group (30.43%, 52.38%) of UCVA over 1.2 at 1 month and 3 months postoperatively (p < 0.001, p = 0.001). The SE of Femto-LASIK group was 0.07 ± 0.21 D, 0.02 ± 0.23 D at 1 month and 3 months postoperatively, and of TransPRK group was 0.11 ± 0.31 D, 0.14 ± 0.38 D; two groups had no significant differences (p = 0.57, p = 0.08). The safety index was 2.0 in Femto-LASIK group and 1.6 in TransPRK, while the efficacy index was 1.67 and 0.4, respectively. The vertical coma, spherical and higher-order aberrations of Femto-LASIK group were 0.37 ± 0.54 μm, 0.31 ± 0.27 μm, 0.89 ± 0.49 μm at 1 month postoperatively, and of TransPRK group were 0.12 ± 0.38 μm, 0.14 ± 0.28 μm, 0.71 ± 0.26 μm. There was significant difference between two groups at 1 months postoperatively (p < 0.001, p = 0.001, p = 0.006), but no significant difference at 3 months (p > 0.05). The contrast sensitivity without glare in 18 c/d spatial frequencies of Femto-LASIK group was 1.08 ± 0.26 at 1 month postoperatively, and that in TransPRK group was 0.99 ± 0.22. There was significant difference between two groups (p = 0.02). The contrast sensitivity with glare in 12 c/d and 18 c/d spatial frequencies at 1 month postoperatively had significant differences between Femto-LASIK and TransPRK groups (1.52 ± 0.17, 1.10 ± 0.23 vs 1.38 ± 0.39, 1.00 ± 0.27, p = 0.02, p = 0.03). While there were no significant differences at 3 months postoperatively (p > 0.05).
conclusionFemto-LASIK had a higher increase in whole eye higher-order aberrations and contrast sensitivity than TransPRK at 1 month postoperatively, but they were similar at 3 months postoperatively in low and moderate myopia patients.
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