Using InterWave aberrometry to measure and improve the quality of vision in LASIK surgery

Ophthalmology
Keith P ThompsonR Doyle Stulting

Abstract

To compare visual outcomes in eyes undergoing aberrometry-guided (InterWave) LASIK with those in eyes undergoing standard LASIK treatment based upon refractive measures. Single-center, comparative, interventional, consecutive case series. Four hundred two consecutive eyes undergoing LASIK were analyzed retrospectively. One group, 106 eyes undergoing primary LASIK and 224 eyes undergoing LASIK enhancement, was treated with standard LASIK treatment using a 5.5-mm optical zone, 1.5-mm transition zone laser with the settings determined by manifest refraction. The second group, 44 untreated (primary) eyes and 28 previously treated (enhancement) eyes, received a multipass, multistage treatment in which the laser settings for each stage were determined by aberrometry measurements. Eyes with desired monovision (undercorrected) outcome and preoperative hyperopia were excluded from the study. An aberrometry-guided laser treatment (InterWave LASIK) was compared with the standard LASIK treatment based upon the manifest refraction. Uncorrected visual acuity (VA), manifest refraction, best spectacle-corrected VA (BSCVA), severity of halos, and root mean square (RMS) retinal blur area measured at 3 months postoperatively. Three months postope...Continue Reading

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