Visual performance after photorefractive keratectomy. A prospective study

Archives of Ophthalmology
W VerdonR K Maloney

Abstract

To prospectively examine the effect of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) on best-corrected visual performance using psychophysical tests that were likely to be more sensitive to image degradation than high-contrast Snellen visual acuity. Prospective cases series. A cohort of 18 subjects with an average of -5.08 diopters (D) of myopia (SD = +/- 1.63 D) was tested before PRK and at 3, 6, and 12 months after PRK. Photorefractive keratectomy was performed using a laser (Excimed UV200, Summit Technology, Waltham, Mass) and a polymethylmethacrylate mask; a 5-mm ablation zone was used. Best-corrected high-contrast visual acuity, best-corrected low-contrast visual acuity (18% Weber contrast), and best-corrected letter-contrast sensitivity. Measurements were repeated with dilated pupils and in the presence of a glare source. One year after PRK, the mean best-corrected high-contrast visual acuity was reduced by half a line (P = .01), and the mean best-corrected low-contrast visual acuity was reduced by 1 1/2 lines (P = .002). The losses were somewhat greater when the subject's pupils were dilated and a glare source was used. The reduction in dilated low-contrast visual acuity was positively correlated with the decentration ...Continue Reading

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