Trans advanced surface laser ablation (TransPRK) outcomes using SmartPulseTechnology.
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serval:BIB_69917B71B793
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Trans advanced surface laser ablation (TransPRK) outcomes using SmartPulseTechnology.
Journal
Contact lens & anterior eye
ISSN
1476-5411 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1367-0484
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
40
Number
1
Pages
42-46
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Comparative Study ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
To evaluate early visual rehabilitation, post-operative pain, epithelial healing and haze after transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TransPRK) using the SmartPulseTechnology (SPT) of Schwind Amaris (Schwind eye-tech-solutions GmbH, Kleinostheim, Germany).
This was a retrospective comparative evaluation of a cohort of myopic patients undergoing TransPRK with SPT (group 1), with one matched control group that underwent conventional TransPRK (group 2). All cases had a 6-month post-operative follow-up including visual acuity and slit-lamp examination. Subjective evaluation of pain was recorded post-operatively.
49 eyes of 25 patients in group 1 and 40 eyes of 20 patients in group 2 were enrolled. The patients' visual rehabilitation was significantly faster in group 1, one day and one week post-operatively (P<0.05). From one month onward there was no significant difference between the groups. The epithelial defect size was significantly smaller on post-operative days 1 and 2 for group 1 (P<0.05 in both cases). The pain score was also significantly less in group 1 (P<0.05). The haze level had no significant difference between the groups at any post-operative point (P>0.05).
TransPRK using SPT provides promising results in the early post-operative period. Visual rehabilitation, re-epithelialization and pain were faster in the early post-operative period in group 1 in comparison with group 2. Haze formation was not significantly different between the two groups; however, it was consistently less in group 1.
This was a retrospective comparative evaluation of a cohort of myopic patients undergoing TransPRK with SPT (group 1), with one matched control group that underwent conventional TransPRK (group 2). All cases had a 6-month post-operative follow-up including visual acuity and slit-lamp examination. Subjective evaluation of pain was recorded post-operatively.
49 eyes of 25 patients in group 1 and 40 eyes of 20 patients in group 2 were enrolled. The patients' visual rehabilitation was significantly faster in group 1, one day and one week post-operatively (P<0.05). From one month onward there was no significant difference between the groups. The epithelial defect size was significantly smaller on post-operative days 1 and 2 for group 1 (P<0.05 in both cases). The pain score was also significantly less in group 1 (P<0.05). The haze level had no significant difference between the groups at any post-operative point (P>0.05).
TransPRK using SPT provides promising results in the early post-operative period. Visual rehabilitation, re-epithelialization and pain were faster in the early post-operative period in group 1 in comparison with group 2. Haze formation was not significantly different between the two groups; however, it was consistently less in group 1.
Keywords
Adult, Bandages, Combined Modality Therapy/instrumentation, Combined Modality Therapy/methods, Contact Lenses, Eye Pain, Female, Humans, Male, Myopia/diagnosis, Myopia/pathology, Myopia/therapy, Pain, Postoperative/diagnosis, Pain, Postoperative/etiology, Pain, Postoperative/prevention & control, Photorefractive Keratectomy/adverse effects, Photorefractive Keratectomy/methods, Retrospective Studies, Slit Lamp, Treatment Outcome, Visual Acuity, Refractive surgery, SPT, Smartpulsetechnology, Transprk, Visual rehabilitation
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