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Trial reportBMC ophthalmology2022

Femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis with topography-guided or asphericity-adjusted derived data: a comparative contralateral eye study.

Ermano M Alves, Adriana F Lyra, Manuela Tenório, Natália Mesquita, Carolina Bacelar, Afra Montenegro, Lucas Alves, Márcio Alves

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ermano M AlvesOftalmax, Rua Benfica, 411, Madalena, Recife, PE, 50720-001, Brazil. ermanomelo@gmail.com.
Adriana F LyraHospital Santa Luzia, Estrada do Encanamento, 909, Casa Forte, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Manuela TenórioOftalmax, Rua Benfica, 411, Madalena, Recife, PE, 50720-001, Brazil.
Natália MesquitaOftalmax, Rua Benfica, 411, Madalena, Recife, PE, 50720-001, Brazil.
Carolina BacelarHospital Santa Luzia, Estrada do Encanamento, 909, Casa Forte, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Afra MontenegroOftalmax, Rua Benfica, 411, Madalena, Recife, PE, 50720-001, Brazil.
Lucas AlvesFAV, R da Soledade 170, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Márcio AlvesFPS-IMIP, Av Mal. Mascarenhas de Morais, Recife, PE, 4861, Brazil.
Hospital Santa Luzia · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWavefront-optimized laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) ablation is the most commonly performed procedure in refractive surgery, but new technologies have become available. Our goal was to compare topography-guided (Contoura) and asphericity-guided (Custom-Q) customized ablation treatments for the correction of myopia with or without astigmatism.

methodsThis prospective, randomized, double-blind, contralateral eye study included 60 eyes of 30 patients with myopia or myopic astigmatism requiring femtosecond LASIK (FemtoLASIK) treatment. For each patient, one eye was randomized to undergo Contoura treatment, and the other underwent Custom-Q abaltion. Uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), manifest refractive spherical equivalent (MRSE), sphere (SPH), cylinder (CYL), 6.0-mm total corneal aberration root mean square (RMS), coma (COMA), trefoil (TREF), and spherical aberration (SA) were measured and analysed after a 1-year follow-up.

resultsThe UDVA was - 0.08 ± 0.06 logMAR in Contoura eyes and - 0.08 ± 0.05 logMAR in Custom-Q eyes (p = 0.309) after 12 months. Twenty-five eyes (83%) in the Contoura group and twenty-six eyes (87%) in the Custom-Q group had a UDVA of 20/16 at the end of 12 months, and 100% of eyes in both groups reached a UDVA of 20/25 or better. Ninety and 100% of eyes in the Contoura and Custom-Q groups, respectively, achieved a residual CYL ≤0.50 D (p = 0.237). No statistically significant difference was observed between the surgical techniques in the preoperative to 1-year postoperative changes for any of the parameters evaluated (MRSE, CYL, RMS, DEF, COMA, TREF, and SA).

conclusionsThe Contoura and Custom-Q techniques yielded excellent visual and refractive results, but the evidence did not reveal any clear differences between these two methods after 1 year of follow-up.

trial registrationReBEC - Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos [Internet]: Rio de Janeiro (RJ): Instituto de Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Brazil); 2010 -. Identifier RBR-8rs5kt Myopia and Astigmatism Topography-guided Refractive Surgery by Contoura Method Versus Customized by Asphericity in Contralateral Eyes: A prospective Double blind Randomized Study. Available from https://ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-8rs5kt Date of registration: 02/03/2020

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AstigmatismKeratomileusis, Laser In SituMyopiaBrazilCorneal TopographyHumansLasers, ExcimerProspective StudiesRefraction, OcularTreatment OutcomeAsphericity-guided LASIKContouraCustom-QfemtoLASIKFemtosecond LASIKT-CATTopography-guided LASIK

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PMID35468752
PMCPMC9040263
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