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  • Titel: Stability of corneal topography and aberrometry after hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis with a 500-Hz excimer laser platform: A 3-year follow-up study
  • Beteiligte: Plaza-Puche, Ana B; Vargas, Verónica; Yébana, Pilar; Arba-Mosquera, Samuel; Alio, Jorge L
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 2020
  • Erschienen in: European Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1177/1120672119875358
  • ISSN: 1120-6721; 1724-6016
  • Schlagwörter: Ophthalmology ; General Medicine
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:sec><jats:title>Purpose:</jats:title><jats:p>The aim of this study is to analyze the long-term stability of the corneal topography, the functional optical zone, and the refractive stability throughout 3 years following laser in situ keratomileusis surgery for hyperopia using a 500-Hz excimer laser system.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods:</jats:title><jats:p>This retrospective consecutive observational case series study comprised 66 eyes that underwent laser in situ keratomileusis to correct hyperopia with a postoperative follow-up of 3 years. Laser in situ keratomileusis procedures were performed using the SCHWIND Amaris 500-Hz excimer laser. Main outcomes measured were stability of the functional optical zone at corneal topography and corneal aberrometry.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:</jats:title><jats:p>Statistically significant differences were found in simulated keratometry (K2 (steep meridian) and Km (mean keratometry)) between 3 and 36 months postoperatively ( p ⩽ 0.01); these differences disappeared at 12 and 36 months ( p ⩾ 0.18). No statistically significant changes were observed in the horizontal and vertical diameter of the functional optical zone throughout the whole follow-up ( p ⩾ 0.07). A statistically significant difference was found in the spherical aberration between 3 and 36 months ( p = 0.02); this difference disappeared when compared between 12 and 36 months ( p = 0.72). Statistically significant correlations were detected between the vertical functional optical zone and coma root mean square ( r = –0.510, p &lt; 0.01) and between the vertical functional optical zone and spherical aberration ( r = 0.441, p = 0.02) 36 months after surgery.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion:</jats:title><jats:p>Following 3 years of hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis with a 500-Hz Amaris excimer laser, keratometry, functional optical zone, and corneal aberrations remain stable from 1 year after surgery. Topographical regression is not observed in hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis with this excimer laser technology from 1 year after surgery.</jats:p></jats:sec>