International Journal of Ophthalmology (Aug 2013)

Visual performance after conventional LASIK and wavefront-guided LASIK with iris-registration:results at 1 year

  • Jing Zhang,
  • Yue-Hua Zhou,
  • Rui Li,
  • Lei Tian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2013.04.17
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4
pp. 498 – 504

Abstract

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AIM: To compare visual performance of wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with iris-registration (Wg-LASIK group) and conventional LASIK (LASIK group) one year after surgery and analyze the correlation between wavefront aberrations and visual performance.METHODS: Eight hundred and fifty-two myopic eyes of 430 patients were enrolled in this prospective study and divided into two groups:Wg-LASIK group (436 eyes) and LASIK group (416 eyes). A Wavescan Wavefront aberrometer was used to analyze Zernike coefficients and the root-mean-square (RMS) of higher order aberrations, and Optec 6500 visual function instrument was used to measure contrast sensitivity (CS) before and 3, 6, 12 months after surgery.RESULTS:The mean spherical equivalent (SE) in Wg-LASIK group was significantly better than those in LASIK group one year after surgery (P=0.024). Wg-LASIK eyes showed better CS values than LASIK eyes at all spatial frequencies with and without glare after surgery (P allP all<0.05). The increase of coma, spherical aberration (SA), RMS3 and RMS4 in Wg-LASIK and coma and RMS3 in LASIK group were negatively correlated with reduction of contrast sensitivity 1 year after surgery.

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