FEMTOSECOND LASER FLEX SURGERY – FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION

Purpose. A comparative estimation of the thickness of corneal flap formed with Moria microkeratome and VisuMax femtosecond laser as well as refrac-tion, visual acuity, changes of contrast sensitivity and higher order aberrations after LASIK and FLEx for myopia and myopic astigmatism correction.Mater...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: O. A. Kostin, S. V. Rebrikov, A. I. Ovchinnikov, A. A. Stepanov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Publishing house "Ophthalmology" 2015-12-01
Series:Офтальмохирургия
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.ophthalmosurgery.ru/jour/article/view/109
_version_ 1797946688203128832
author O. A. Kostin
S. V. Rebrikov
A. I. Ovchinnikov
A. A. Stepanov
author_facet O. A. Kostin
S. V. Rebrikov
A. I. Ovchinnikov
A. A. Stepanov
author_sort O. A. Kostin
collection DOAJ
description Purpose. A comparative estimation of the thickness of corneal flap formed with Moria microkeratome and VisuMax femtosecond laser as well as refrac-tion, visual acuity, changes of contrast sensitivity and higher order aberrations after LASIK and FLEx for myopia and myopic astigmatism correction.Material and methods.  Two groups of patients, 70 eyes in each were inves-tigated. In the group 1 the standard LASIK was performed. In the group 2 the FLEx was carried out. Besides standard investigations, in both groups wavefront aberrations were measured before operation and 1 month later in Malacara nota-tion with WASCA aberrometer (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Germany) with a non-me-dicamentous pupil diameter of 6mm. Flap thickness measurement in the cen-ter of the cornea and 1, 2 and 3mm from the center was performed in both groups with the Visante OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec) in High Resolution Corneal Quad and High Resolution Corneal Single modes. Contrast sensitivity was measured in both groups with CSV-1000 unit (VECTORVISION). Follow-up period was 1 month. Results. Uncorrected visual acuity before surgery in groups 1 and 2 was 0.05±0.07; 0.06±0.02 and made after the operation 0.99±0.05; 0.95±0.09 (p>0.05). Spheric equivalent before surgery in groups 1 and 2 was -4.13±2.08 D; -3.78±1.47 D and after surgery became 0.02±0.16 D; 0.03±0.14 D (p>0.05). Corrected visual acuity before surgery in groups 1 and 2 was 0.98±0.05; 0.99±0.02 and made 0.99±0.07; 0.98±0.04 after surgery (p>0.05). The RMS HO before surgery in groups 1 and 2 was 0.18±0.07 µm, 0.17±0.09 µm and in-creased after surgery up to 0.37±0.11 µm, 0.29±0.07 µm (p<0.05). Spheric aber-ration value in groups 1 and 2 before surgery was -0.12±0.19 µm; -0.11±0.15 µm, after surgery it increased negatively in both groups up to -0.53±0.30 µm; -0.24±0.28 µm (p<0.05). Conclusions. 1. Laser femtosecond microkeratome VisuMax allows FLEx without excimer laser. 2. Laser femtosecond micro-keratome VisuMax allows a formation of corneal flaps with precisely preset thickness parameters unlike me-chanical microkeratome. 3. FLEx provides an improvement of visual acuity up to preoperative best corrected level with restoration of preoperative contrast sen-sitivity parameters under mesopic conditions at 1 month after the operation.
first_indexed 2024-04-10T21:14:56Z
format Article
id doaj.art-16c03700c5c04e0cb074f46295e9ec81
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 0235-4160
2312-4970
language Russian
last_indexed 2024-04-10T21:14:56Z
publishDate 2015-12-01
publisher Publishing house "Ophthalmology"
record_format Article
series Офтальмохирургия
spelling doaj.art-16c03700c5c04e0cb074f46295e9ec812023-01-20T12:34:50ZrusPublishing house "Ophthalmology"Офтальмохирургия0235-41602312-49702015-12-01013639107FEMTOSECOND LASER FLEX SURGERY – FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATIONO. A. Kostin0S. V. Rebrikov1A. I. Ovchinnikov2A. A. Stepanov3The S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Institution, the Ekaterinburg BranchThe S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Institution, the Ekaterinburg BranchThe S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Institution, the Ekaterinburg BranchThe S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Institution, the Ekaterinburg BranchPurpose. A comparative estimation of the thickness of corneal flap formed with Moria microkeratome and VisuMax femtosecond laser as well as refrac-tion, visual acuity, changes of contrast sensitivity and higher order aberrations after LASIK and FLEx for myopia and myopic astigmatism correction.Material and methods.  Two groups of patients, 70 eyes in each were inves-tigated. In the group 1 the standard LASIK was performed. In the group 2 the FLEx was carried out. Besides standard investigations, in both groups wavefront aberrations were measured before operation and 1 month later in Malacara nota-tion with WASCA aberrometer (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Germany) with a non-me-dicamentous pupil diameter of 6mm. Flap thickness measurement in the cen-ter of the cornea and 1, 2 and 3mm from the center was performed in both groups with the Visante OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec) in High Resolution Corneal Quad and High Resolution Corneal Single modes. Contrast sensitivity was measured in both groups with CSV-1000 unit (VECTORVISION). Follow-up period was 1 month. Results. Uncorrected visual acuity before surgery in groups 1 and 2 was 0.05±0.07; 0.06±0.02 and made after the operation 0.99±0.05; 0.95±0.09 (p>0.05). Spheric equivalent before surgery in groups 1 and 2 was -4.13±2.08 D; -3.78±1.47 D and after surgery became 0.02±0.16 D; 0.03±0.14 D (p>0.05). Corrected visual acuity before surgery in groups 1 and 2 was 0.98±0.05; 0.99±0.02 and made 0.99±0.07; 0.98±0.04 after surgery (p>0.05). The RMS HO before surgery in groups 1 and 2 was 0.18±0.07 µm, 0.17±0.09 µm and in-creased after surgery up to 0.37±0.11 µm, 0.29±0.07 µm (p<0.05). Spheric aber-ration value in groups 1 and 2 before surgery was -0.12±0.19 µm; -0.11±0.15 µm, after surgery it increased negatively in both groups up to -0.53±0.30 µm; -0.24±0.28 µm (p<0.05). Conclusions. 1. Laser femtosecond microkeratome VisuMax allows FLEx without excimer laser. 2. Laser femtosecond micro-keratome VisuMax allows a formation of corneal flaps with precisely preset thickness parameters unlike me-chanical microkeratome. 3. FLEx provides an improvement of visual acuity up to preoperative best corrected level with restoration of preoperative contrast sen-sitivity parameters under mesopic conditions at 1 month after the operation.https://www.ophthalmosurgery.ru/jour/article/view/109flexlasikfemtosecond laserspherical aberrationaber-rometer
spellingShingle O. A. Kostin
S. V. Rebrikov
A. I. Ovchinnikov
A. A. Stepanov
FEMTOSECOND LASER FLEX SURGERY – FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION
Офтальмохирургия
flex
lasik
femtosecond laser
spherical aberration
aber-rometer
title FEMTOSECOND LASER FLEX SURGERY – FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION
title_full FEMTOSECOND LASER FLEX SURGERY – FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION
title_fullStr FEMTOSECOND LASER FLEX SURGERY – FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION
title_full_unstemmed FEMTOSECOND LASER FLEX SURGERY – FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION
title_short FEMTOSECOND LASER FLEX SURGERY – FIRST EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION
title_sort femtosecond laser flex surgery first experience of application
topic flex
lasik
femtosecond laser
spherical aberration
aber-rometer
url https://www.ophthalmosurgery.ru/jour/article/view/109
work_keys_str_mv AT oakostin femtosecondlaserflexsurgeryfirstexperienceofapplication
AT svrebrikov femtosecondlaserflexsurgeryfirstexperienceofapplication
AT aiovchinnikov femtosecondlaserflexsurgeryfirstexperienceofapplication
AT aastepanov femtosecondlaserflexsurgeryfirstexperienceofapplication