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Abstract
To determine the relationship between change in simulated keratometry and corrected refractive error in both wavefront-guided and wavefront-optimized myopic photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), and to determine whether there is a difference in this relationship between these two ablation profiles.Sixty-eight patients received wavefront-guided PRK in one eye and wavefront-optimized PRK in the contralateral eye. The changes in simulated keratometry and corresponding refractive changes for both were determined at 1 year postoperatively. Linear regression was employed to calculate the slope of change in simulated keratometry (?K) for change in refractive error (?SE) for both wavefront-guided and wavefront-optimized PRK and compared. The mean ratio ?K/?SE was also calculated for both wavefront-guided and wavefront-optimized PRK and compared.There was no significant difference in the ratio of ?K to ?SE between wavefront-optimized and wavefront-guided PRK by both linear regression modeling and comparison of the mean ratio ?K/?SE. Linear regression modeling revealed that the ratio of ?K/?SE was greater for small amounts of change in refractive error and smaller for large amounts of change in refractive error. This trend was only statistically significant for the wavefront-optimized group when comparing the means of the ratio ?K/?SE (P = .0287).The change in corneal curvature induced for a given degree of refractive correction was similar for both wavefront-optimized and wavefront-guided PRK. For both, a proportionally smaller amount of corneal flattening was required for larger degrees of refractive correction compared to smaller degrees. [J Refract Surg. 2016;32(8):542-548.].
View details for DOI 10.3928/1081597X-20160525-01
View details for Web of Science ID 000384899900005
View details for PubMedID 27505315