AIM: To evaluate postoperative pain, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), and cornea haze value after transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (T-PRK) performed with aspherical ablation profile using SCHWIND ESIRIS ex...AIM: To evaluate postoperative pain, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), and cornea haze value after transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (T-PRK) performed with aspherical ablation profile using SCHWIND ESIRIS excimer laser. METHODS: Retrospective case series. Fifty-nine eyes (32 patients) with myopia associated with or without astigmatism underwent phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) followed by photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) which performed by Optimized Refractive Keratecomy (ORK)-CAM software based on aspherical ablation profile using SCHWIND ESIRIS excimer laser. Postoperative pain scale was measured on a questionnaire through five levels. Haze was graded by five grades, and UCVA, manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE) were analyzed. RESULTS: Mean pain level was (1.37 +/- 0.613) (range: 1 to 3), the mean time picking out the soft contact lens was (6.22 +/- 1.73) days, at 3 months, UCVA was 1.0 for 40 eyes (67.8%), 0.5 for all eyes (100.0%). The UCVA was significantly less than the preoperative best spectacle corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) (t=-2.84, P=0.006), haze value was (0.27 +/- 0.25), no patients had a haze grade up to 2. Mean MRSE was (0.76 +/- 0.96) diopter(D) by 3 months. CONCLUSION: The outcomes from this study show that using the SCHWIND ESIRIS aspherical ablation profile for transepithelial PRK has a good visual result. The primary advantage is related to a spherical ablation profile, automatically considers the ablation volume of the stroma and the accurate and smooth removal of the epithelium with PTK. Additional studies are needed to determine long-term outcomes.展开更多
AIM：To compare the functional and anatomic results of femtosecond laser（FSL）-assisted deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty（DALK） associated with phototherapeutic keratectomy（PTK） and FSL-assisted DALK performed ...AIM：To compare the functional and anatomic results of femtosecond laser（FSL）-assisted deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty（DALK） associated with phototherapeutic keratectomy（PTK） and FSL-assisted DALK performed using the big-bubble technique in keratoconus.METHODS：During the first phase of the study,an electron microscopy histopathology pilot study was conducted that included four unsuitable donor corneas divided into two groups：in FSL group,FSL lamellar cuts were performed on two corneas and in FSL＋PTK group,PTK was performed at the stromal beds of two corneas after FSL lamellar cuts were made.During the second phase of the study,a randomized clinical trial was conducted that included two treatment groups of patients with keratoconus：group 1（n=14 eyes） underwent FSL-assisted DALK associated with PTK and group 2（n=12 eyes） underwent FSL-assisted DALK associated with the bigbubble technique.The main outcome measures were the postoperative visual acuity（VA） and optical coherence tomography（OCT） measurements,confocal microscopic findings,and contrast sensitivity.RESULTS：In the pilot study,histopathology showed a more regular stromal bed in the FSL＋PTK group.In the clinical trial,group 1 had significantly worse best spectaclecorrected VA and contrast sensitivity（P〈0.05 for both comparisons）.The residual stromal bed measured by OCT was significantly（P〈0.05） thicker in group 1.Confocal microscopy detected opacities only at the donor-receptor interface in group 1.CONCLUSION：Patients with keratoconus treated with FSL-assisted DALK performed using the big-bubble technique fare better than treated with FSL-assisted DALK associated with PTK.展开更多
文摘AIM: To evaluate postoperative pain, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), and cornea haze value after transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (T-PRK) performed with aspherical ablation profile using SCHWIND ESIRIS excimer laser. METHODS: Retrospective case series. Fifty-nine eyes (32 patients) with myopia associated with or without astigmatism underwent phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) followed by photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) which performed by Optimized Refractive Keratecomy (ORK)-CAM software based on aspherical ablation profile using SCHWIND ESIRIS excimer laser. Postoperative pain scale was measured on a questionnaire through five levels. Haze was graded by five grades, and UCVA, manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE) were analyzed. RESULTS: Mean pain level was (1.37 +/- 0.613) (range: 1 to 3), the mean time picking out the soft contact lens was (6.22 +/- 1.73) days, at 3 months, UCVA was 1.0 for 40 eyes (67.8%), 0.5 for all eyes (100.0%). The UCVA was significantly less than the preoperative best spectacle corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) (t=-2.84, P=0.006), haze value was (0.27 +/- 0.25), no patients had a haze grade up to 2. Mean MRSE was (0.76 +/- 0.96) diopter(D) by 3 months. CONCLUSION: The outcomes from this study show that using the SCHWIND ESIRIS aspherical ablation profile for transepithelial PRK has a good visual result. The primary advantage is related to a spherical ablation profile, automatically considers the ablation volume of the stroma and the accurate and smooth removal of the epithelium with PTK. Additional studies are needed to determine long-term outcomes.
文摘AIM：To compare the functional and anatomic results of femtosecond laser（FSL）-assisted deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty（DALK） associated with phototherapeutic keratectomy（PTK） and FSL-assisted DALK performed using the big-bubble technique in keratoconus.METHODS：During the first phase of the study,an electron microscopy histopathology pilot study was conducted that included four unsuitable donor corneas divided into two groups：in FSL group,FSL lamellar cuts were performed on two corneas and in FSL＋PTK group,PTK was performed at the stromal beds of two corneas after FSL lamellar cuts were made.During the second phase of the study,a randomized clinical trial was conducted that included two treatment groups of patients with keratoconus：group 1（n=14 eyes） underwent FSL-assisted DALK associated with PTK and group 2（n=12 eyes） underwent FSL-assisted DALK associated with the bigbubble technique.The main outcome measures were the postoperative visual acuity（VA） and optical coherence tomography（OCT） measurements,confocal microscopic findings,and contrast sensitivity.RESULTS：In the pilot study,histopathology showed a more regular stromal bed in the FSL＋PTK group.In the clinical trial,group 1 had significantly worse best spectaclecorrected VA and contrast sensitivity（P〈0.05 for both comparisons）.The residual stromal bed measured by OCT was significantly（P〈0.05） thicker in group 1.Confocal microscopy detected opacities only at the donor-receptor interface in group 1.CONCLUSION：Patients with keratoconus treated with FSL-assisted DALK performed using the big-bubble technique fare better than treated with FSL-assisted DALK associated with PTK.
