| Two Year Clinical Results of LASEK (Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis) for Correcting Myopia. |
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Do Hyun Kim, Jae Ho Kim |
1Department of Ophthalmology, Kangmam St.Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic university of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
2Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, The Inje University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. kimjheye@ijnc.inje.ac.kr |
| 근시교정을 위한 LASEK수술 후 2년간의 임상성적 |
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김도현 ( Kim Do Hyeon ) , 김재호 ( Kim Jae Ho ) |
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| Abstract |
PURPOSE
To evaluate efficacy and stability of vision correction and corneal haze of LASEK. METHODS: We reviewed 16 patients (30 eyes) who had undergone LASEK from October 1999 to April 2000. And we divided them into two groups and followed up 2 years (Group I: manifest refraction is from -3.0D to -6.0D, Group II: manifest refraction is from -6.25D to -10.25D). RESULTS: Mean uncorrected visual acuity (by logMAR) is improved from 1.28 +/- 0.40 to 0.02 +/- 0.05 one year after LASEK and reserved 0.02 +/- 0.04 two years after LASEK. Both groups showed over 20/25 of uncorrected visual acuity in one year and also two years after LASEK. Spherical equivalent less than 1.0 diopter in Group I and II was 85.7 % and 75.0 % of eyes one year after LASEK and 92.9 % and 81.3% of eyes two years after LASEK respectively. Myopic regression mostly occurred from 1 week to 2 months and remained stable after 1 year. Serious complications were not observed and corneal haze had no clinical significance. CONCLUSIONS: Efficacy of LASEK in the aspects of myopic correction and visual improvement is good and myopic regression and corneal haze was minimal. So LASEK is a good procedure to correct myopia. |
| Key Words:
Corneal haze;LASEK;Myopic regression |
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