Journal article
Comparison of results of excimer laser correction of all degrees of myopia at 12 months postoperatively
CA McCarty, GF Aldred, HR Taylor, N Alpins, S Bambery, S Bassili, A Brooks, S Brumley, N Downie, E Finkelstein, L Kowal, P Madhok, B McDonald, R Nave, J O'Day, D Reinehr, J Reich, P Rosen, D Roydhouse
American Journal of Ophthalmology | OPHTHALMIC PUBL CO | Published : 1996
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine prospectively the efficacy and safety of photorefractive keratectomy and photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy. METHODS: We treated 645 eyes (440 patients) with a VisX Twenty/Twenty excimer laser and followed them up for 12 months. RESULTS: The percentage of eyes with myopia between -5.01 and -10.00 diopters spherical equivalent within 1 and 2 diopters of emmetropia at 12 months was 65% (123 of 189) and 90% (170 of 189), respectively, whereas the corresponding percentages for eyes with myopia greater than -10.00 diopters spherical equivalent were 39% (16 of 41) and 56% (23 of 41), and for eyes with myopia of -5.00 diopters spherical equivalent or less, 87% (238 of 273) a..
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