16 February 2023 : Clinical Research
Comparison of Vision Correction and Corneal Thickness at 180-Day Follow-Up After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (FS-LASIK), Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK), and Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE): A Study from a Single Center in Poland of 120 Patients with Myopia
Dominika Janiszewska-Bil123ABCEF*, Barbara Czarnota-Nowakowska4BCF, Beniamin Oskar Grabarek5CDE, Dariusz Dobrowolski167DF, Edward Wylęgała
8F, Anita Lyssek-Boroń129A
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939099
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939099
Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study groups regardless on the kind of laser vision correction surgery.
| Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|
| Give informed, voluntary consent to participate in the study | No informed, voluntary consent to participate in the study |
| Age over 18 | Age under 18 |
| Stable refraction in the year before the survey | Opaque optical media |
| Short-sightedness ≤−6.0 D (for femtoLASIK and ReLeX SMILE) or ≤−2.0 D for PRK | Current and past uveitis |
| Astigmatism ≤5.0 Dcyl | Eye injuries |
| CDVA ≥0.5 na tablicy Snellena | Past corneal laser treatment |
| CET ≥490 μm | Past surgical treatment of the eyes |
| RST ≥250 μm | Autoimmune diseases |
| Corneal topography normal | Diabetes |
| Dry eye syndrome | |
| Pregnancy and breastfeeding | |
| RST – residual stromal thickness; SMILE – refractive lenticule extraction small incision lenticule extraction; FS-LASIK – Femtosecond-assisted laser in-situ keratomileusis; PRK – photorefractive keratectomy; D – dioptric; CDVA – corrected distance visual acuity; CET – corneal epithelial thickness. | |