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- The study compares visual acuity outcomes after enhancement surgeries (LASIK vs. PRK) in patients who have undergone cataract surgery.
- The results show that LASIK patients had significantly better uncorrected distance visual acuity and more achieved the 20/20 vision standard compared to PRK patients.
- LASIK was found to be a more reliable option for postcataract enhancements, providing better visual results even after accounting for the patients' prior visual conditions.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To compare postenhancement visual acuity between patients who underwent postcataract laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
Setting: A private, tertiary referral practice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Design: 3-year, retrospective chart review.
Methods: Patients who underwent postcataract extraction excimer laser enhancement surgery targeted for emmetropia (±0.50 diopter). Postenhancement uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) and manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE) was recorded for all available follow-ups and compared for both groups.
Results: 822 postcataract enhanced eyes (491 LASIK; 331 PRK). For patients with at least 6-month follow-up, mean UDVA was 0.05 ± 0.13 logMAR in LASIK-enhanced patients and 0.15 ± 0.20 in PRK-enhanced patients ( P < .001). Mean absolute value MRSE was 0.22 ± 0.36 and 0.48 ± 0.62 for LASIK-enhanced and PRK-enhanced patients at or beyond 6 months, respectively ( P < .001). 330 (67%) LASIK-enhanced patients achieved 20/20 or better postenhancement UDVA, compared with 142 (43%) PRK-enhanced patients ( P < .001). Controlling for pre-enhancement UDVA, LASIK-enhanced patients showed significantly better postenhancement UDVA than PRK-enhanced patients, except in those with pre-enhancement vision of 20/20 or better, or those worse than 20/50. LASIK-enhanced virgin corneas had mean postenhancement of 0.05 ± 0.14 UDVA compared with 0.13 ± 0.19 UDVA in PRK-enhanced virgin cornea patients ( P < .001).
Conclusions: LASIK provides better and more predictable outcomes in UDVA than PRK in postcataract enhancement patients, even when controlling for pre-enhancement visual acuity and prior ocular procedures.
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From the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Vermillion, South Dakota (Rohlf, La Nasa); Vance Thompson Vision, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Terveen, Shafer, Thompson, Berdahl).
Purpose: To compare postenhancement visual acuity between patients who underwent postcataract laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
Setting: A private, tertiary referral practice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Design: 3-year, retrospective chart review.
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