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Patient satisfaction following photorefractive keratectomy for myopia
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This study was conducted to evaluate the subjective response of patients who underwent photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia with the Summit Technology UV 200 LA excimer laser 36 months previously.Abstract:
This study was conducted to evaluate the subjective response of patients who underwent photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia with the Summit Technology UV 200 LA excimer laser (Summit Technology, Inc., Waltham, Mass.) (3.5 to 5.0 mm diameter ablation zone) 36 months previously. One-hundred thirteen patients with preoperative myopia between -1.50 diopters (D) and -6.50 D with an ablation diameter of 3.5 mm to 5.0 mm answered a questionnaire at the 36-month examination. Sixty-two percent of patients had both eyes treated. Halo problems were experienced always by 34% of patients in the group, 26% sometimes, and 40% never. Permanent night vision problems were experienced by 40%; 30% reported them sometimes and 30% reported no problems at all. Sixty percent never needed to use glasses after treatment, 30% sometimes did, and 10% always wore glasses. Seventy percent of patients thought the results were very good; the remaining 30% experienced different degrees of halo and night vision problems.read more
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Myopic photorefractive keratectomy with the excimer laser. One-year follow-up.
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TL;DR: A 1-year follow-up study on a consecutive series of 26 sighted eyes undergoing PRK found that visual acuity with glare decreased from 20/27 preoperatively to 20/31 after 1 year, and risk factors for scarring include noncompliance with postoperative steroid medication, high myopic corrections, and high steroid responders.
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Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. 18-month follow-up
TL;DR: In this paper, the efficacy and safety of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy was evaluated in 120 patients with follow-up, 12 to 22 months, and mean, 18 months.
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Excimer laser (193 nm) myopic keratomileusis in sighted and blind human eyes.
TL;DR: Ten blind and 13 sighted human eyes underwent excimer laser keratomileusis and temporary subepithelial haze occurred in all eyes except some of the -3.0 D blind eyes, except in one eye that showed a focal scar.
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Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for myopia. Clinical results in sighted eyes.
TL;DR: These data show that excimer laser PRK can correct myopia with good predictability, and results at 12 and 15 months tend to suggest stability of postoperative refraction.
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A two-year experience with excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for myopia.
James J Salz,Ezra Maguen,Anthony B. Nesburn,Cathy Warren,Jonathan I. Macy,Jonathan I. Macy,John Hofbauer,Thanassis Papaioannou,Michael S. Berlin +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that excimer laser PRK appears to be a safe procedure capable of correcting the eyes of patients with low to moderate myopia with approximately the same degree of accuracy as radial keratotomy.