To compare refractive outcomes, visual acuities, and satisfaction of patients between those treated with laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) using a Hansatome microkeratome (HM) and femto-assisted laser (FAL).This was a retrospective analysis of 1,366 eyes in 687 patients who underwent LASIK with an HM (n=1,137) and an FAL (n=229) at the two centers of Hashmanis Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Refractive outcomes, including sphere, cylinder, and spherical equivalent in diopters (D), and visual acuities were assessed both preoperatively and at 1 month follow-up. Patient satisfaction was gauged by contacting the patient at the time of chart review.The postoperative median sphere, cylinder, and spherical equivalent values for those treated with FAL were 0.3±0.7 (-5.5-1.8), -0.5±0.6 (-5.0-1.0), and 0.0±0.7 (-6.0-1.6), respectively. For the HM arm, they were 0.0±1.28 (-10.8-6.8), -0.5±0.5 (-4.5-1.5), and -0.3±1.3 (-11.6-6.8), respectively. All preoperative values were statistically insignificant between the groups, while postoperative values were significant with P-values <0.001. Predictability and efficacy index was higher for the FAL (92.1

作者：Sharif, Hashmani；Nauman, Hashmani；Hina, Rajani；Priyanka, Ramesh；Junaid Ahmed, Soomro；Syed Rashid, Hussain Shah；Jaish, Kumar；Sayed Mustafa, Mahmood Shah

来源：Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2017 年 11卷