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ABSTRACT: Purpose
To evaluate hyperopia-correcting phototherapeutic keratectomy (HC-PTK) and to compare the visual and refractive outcomes of HC-PTK and conventional PTK.Methods
This study comprised a total of 72 eyes of 72 consecutive patients who underwent HC-PTK and conventional PTK for granular corneal dystrophy or band-shaped keratopathy. Preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively, we assessed visual acuity, manifest refraction, and mean keratometry, as well as postoperative corneal higher-order aberrations and adverse events in each PTK group, and compared these metrics between the two groups.Results
LogMAR BSCVA significantly improved from 0.43 ± 0.47 preoperatively to 0.21 ± 0.38 postoperatively in the HC-PTK group (Wilcoxon signed-rank test, p < 0.001). It was also significantly improved from 0.22 ± 0.21 preoperatively to 0.15 ± 0.12 postoperatively in the conventional PTK group (p = 0.031). Mean refraction significantly changed from 0.27 ± 1.55 diopter (D) preoperatively to 0.50 ± 1.77 D postoperatively, in the HC-PTK group (p = 0.313). By contrast, it was significantly hyperopic from -0.15 ± 2.41 D preoperatively to 1.45 ± 2.46 D postoperatively, in the conventional PTK group (p < 0.001). No significant complications occurred in any case during the follow-up period.Conclusion
Both HC-PTK and conventional PTK showed a significant improvement of BSCVA and no vision-threatening complications at any time in this series. HC-PTK significantly reduced a hyperopic shift in refraction compared with conventional PTK, suggesting its viability for patients requiring PTK, especially in consideration of preventing this hyperopic issue.
SUBMITTER: Hayakawa H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960048 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hayakawa Hideki H Kamiya Kazutaka K Tsujisawa Tatsuhiko T Takahashi Masahide M Shoji Nobuyuki N
Frontiers in medicine 20220310
<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate hyperopia-correcting phototherapeutic keratectomy (HC-PTK) and to compare the visual and refractive outcomes of HC-PTK and conventional PTK.<h4>Methods</h4>This study comprised a total of 72 eyes of 72 consecutive patients who underwent HC-PTK and conventional PTK for granular corneal dystrophy or band-shaped keratopathy. Preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively, we assessed visual acuity, manifest refraction, and mean keratometry, as well as postoperative corneal ...[more]