Open AccessPhotorefractive keratectomy for low myopia at 6 mm treatment diameter
Author(s) -
HambergNyström Heléne L.,
Fagerholm Per P.,
Tengroth Björn T.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-0420
pISSN - 1395-3907
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00408.x
Subject(s) - medicine , photorefractive keratectomy , dioptre , glare , astigmatism , visual acuity , ophthalmology , excimer laser , excimer , refractive error , optometry , laser , optics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , layer (electronics)
Purpose : The aim of the retrospective study was to evaluate the algorithms and the surgical performance of two excimer lasers; the VISX 20/20 and the Summit Omnimed. Methods : Twenty patients were treated with the VISX‐laser and 20 with the Summit‐laser. The indications were myopia between ‐1 to ‐6 diopters which also allowed correction of astigmatism up to ‐ 2 in the VISX patients group. The treatment diameter was 6 mm and the follow‐up time was 12 months. The parameters studied were visual acuity uncorrected and corrected, contrast sensitivity in light, dark and glare, endothelial cell count, corneal topography, and subjective estimation of dark vision problems. Results : Both groups showed the same median refraction, ‐ 0.3 diopters. All the Summit patients had uncorrected visual acuity of 0.7 or better. In the VISX group 17 patients saw ≥ 0.7 uncorrected and all patients saw 0.5 or better s.c. The remaining result parameters showed no statistical differences between the two groups. Conclusion : The study does not lend conclusive support for any difference between the results obtained by the two lasers.