Clinical Outcomes After Topography-guided Refractive Surgery in Eyes with Myopia and Astigmatism-Comparing Results with New Planning Software to Those Obtained Using the Manifest Refraction [Letter]

Clinical outcomes after topography-guided FS-LASIK for myopia with nonastigmatic eyes

BACKGROUND

To analyze the clinical outcomes after topography-guided femtosecond laser-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) with Phorcides Analytic Engine (PAE) algorithm or Custom-Q FS-LASIK for myopia with nonastigmatic eyes.

METHODS

In this retrospective study, a total of 90 eyes with myopia without manifest astigmatism (82 patients) were included. All surgeries were performed by topography-guided FS-LASIK planned with a PAE algorithm (42 eyes) or Custom-Q system (48 eyes). Refractive, visual outcomes and corneal aberrations were compared between the two groups.

RESULTS

At 6 months postoperatively, the postoperative uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) was 20/20 or better in 42 eyes (100%) in the PAE compared with 44 eyes (92%) in Custom-Q (P = .120). The postoperative UDVA of 20/16 or better was measured in 92% of eyes in the PAE group and 81% of eyes in the Custom Q group (P = .320). Postoperative corrected distance visual acuity, manifest refractive spherical equivalent and refractive astigmatism were similar between the two groups (P > .05). The postoperative optical path difference (OPD) and Strehl ratio (SR) were significantly better in the PAE group compared with the Custom Q group.

CONCLUSIONS

Topography-guided FS-LASIK with PAE algorithm or Custom Q demonstrated similar refractive efficacy and predictability. PAE for the patients with zero manifest astigmatism demonstrated better results in correcting corneal aberrations.

Topography-Guided FS-LASIK With PAE Algorithm and Sirius Tomography Data for Correction of Myopia and Myopic Astigmatism

PURPOSE

To compare the clinical outcomes after topography-guided and femtosecond laser-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) planned with the Phorcides Analytic Engine (PAE) algorithm system and Sirius tomography data for correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism when the ocular residual astigmatism (ORA) was great or not.

METHODS

In this retrospective study, a total of 163 eyes with myopia and myopic astigmatism (99 patients) were included. Eyes with myopic astigmatism and high ORA of 0.75 diopters (D) or greater were assigned to the high ORA group and the others to the low ORA group. All surgeries were performed by topography-guided FS-LASIK planned with a PAE algorithm system. PAE took anterior and posterior corneal negative cylinder of the 5-mm zone from the Sirius combined topography and tomography. Refractive and visual outcomes, vector analysis, and corneal aberrations were compared between the two groups.

RESULTS

At 6 months postoperatively, the uncorrected distance visual acuity of 20/16 or better was measured in 59% of eyes in the high ORA group and 66% of eyes in the low ORA group (P = .307). Postoperative corrected distance visual acuity, manifest refractive spherical equivalent, refractive astigmatism, target induced astigmatism, surgically induced astigmatism, and difference vector were similar between the two groups (P > .05). The postoperative corneal astigmatism was significantly higher in the high ORA group (P = .008), and the high ORA group over-corrected astigmatism with the rule and showed a higher correction index (P = .003) compared with the low ORA group.

CONCLUSIONS

Topography-guided FS-LASIK with PAE algorithm and Sirius combined topography and tomography data for correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism achieved the predicted surgical outcomes and there was a tendency to have a similar clinical outcome for PAE when the ORA was great or not. However, the PAE with high ORA overcorrected astigmatism with-the-rule and showed a higher correction index compared with the low ORA group. [J Refract Surg. 2022;38(4):235-242.].