Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for high hyperopia using an excimer laser and optimized aspheric profiles.
Setting: Vissum Corporation and Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain, and Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Giza, Egypt.
Design: Case series.
Methods: Eyes of patients with high hyperopia or hyperopic astigmatism (spherical equivalent [SE] ≥ 5.64 diopters [D]) had uneventful LASIK with an aspheric optimized ablation profile centered on the corneal vertex using an Amaris 500 kHz excimer laser and a femtosecond platform for flap creation with a temporal hinge.
Results: There was a significant improvement in uncorrected distance visual acuity 3 months postoperatively (P<.01), with no significant changes afterward (P=.72). At 6 months, the corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) remained unchanged or improved in 90.48% of eyes; 2 eyes (9.52%) lost 2 lines of logMAR CDVA. The postoperative SE was within ± 0.50 D of emmetropia in 70.37% of eyes. The LASIK enhancement rate at the end of the follow-up was 29.4%. Significant induction of corneal primary spherical aberration and coma was found with 6.0 mm pupils (P<.01). The safety index was 0.94 and the efficacy index, 0.85.
Conclusion: Laser in situ keratomileusis for high hyperopia using optimized aspheric profiles requires further improvement in terms of safety but was still an effective and a predictable procedure.
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