Levinger E, Arnon R, Pikkel J, Yahalomi T, Sela T, Munzer G, Mimouni M. Photorefractive keratectomy in flat, normal, and steep corneas.
J Cataract Refract Surg 2024;
50:51-56. [PMID:
38048136 DOI:
10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001307]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE
To compare photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) outcomes in patients with different corneal steepness.
SETTING
Care-Vision Laser Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
DESIGN
Retrospective comparative chart review.
METHODS
Patients included in this study underwent wavefront optimized myopic PRK between January 2013 and December 2019. Patients were divided into 3 groups based on the steepness of the cornea (steep keratometry) (flat: <42 diopters [D], normal: 42 to 46 D and steep: >46 D). One to one matching was performed to verify that baseline parameters (age, preoperative visual acuity and refractive error) were similar between groups. Primary outcome measures were: postoperative corrected/uncorrected distance visual acuity (CDVA/UDVA), efficacy index (postoperative UDVA/preoperative CDVA), safety index (postoperative CDVA/preoperative CDVA), spherical equivalence (SEQ) and cylinder.
RESULTS
After matching, 650 eyes were included in each group, which were similar in baseline parameters. There were no significant postoperative differences between flat, normal, and steep corneas in terms of safety index (1.02 vs 1.03 vs 1.03, P = .28), efficacy index (1.01 vs 1.01 vs 1.02, P = .57), logMAR CDVA (0.01 vs 0.02 vs 0.01, P = .76), logMAR UDVA (0.02 vs 0.03 vs 0.02, P = .68), %SEQ within 0.50 D (73.9% vs 74.2% vs 74.6%, P = .95) or 1.00 D of target (91.9% vs 92.5% vs 92.2%, P = .92), %cylinder within 0.50 D (82.8% vs 82.2% vs 81.4%, P = .81) or 1.00 D of target (96.9% vs 97.1% vs 97.2%, P = .95).
CONCLUSIONS
No significant differences were found between flat, normal and steep corneas following wavefront-optimized myopic PRK. Thus, this procedure may be safely and effectively performed in both flat and steep corneas.
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