The Effects of Epikeratoplasty & Laser in Situ Keratomileusis(LASIK) for Correction of High Myopia.
- Author:
Keon Woo LEE
1
;
Tae Hoon CHOI
;
Ha Bum LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pphthalmology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Koera.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Laser in situ keratomileusis(LASIK);
Epikeratoplasty(EKP);
High Myopia
- MeSH:
Epikeratophakia*;
Humans;
Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ;
Myopia*;
Refractive Errors;
Retrospective Studies;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1998;39(8):1707-1715
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In order to compare the clinical results of Epikeratoplasty (EPK) with Laser in situ keratomileusis(LASIK) to be corrected of high myopia above -9 diopters, the effect of the procedure on 74 patients following EKP and 63 patients following LASIK who were followed up at least 1 year were analyzed retrospectively. Postoperative mean uncorrected visual acuity was reached 0.56 until 3 month in EKP group and 0.53 until 1 month in LASIK group. LASIK group recovered and stabilized more rapidly than EKP guoup(p<0.01). Also LASIK group had more rapid recovery in keratometryp(p<0.01) and mean refractive error than EKP group(p<0.01). But there was no significant difference between two groups in uncorrected visual acuity(p=0.62), keratometry(p=0.41) and mean refractive error(p=0.32) at postoperative 1 year. LASIK seems to have more rapid and effective visual recovery than EKP for high myopia treatment.
