The Effect on Early Visual Outcome of Corneal Cap Attachment with Brushing after LASIK.
- Author:
Young Mun KOH
1
;
Tae Jung YOON
;
Kyoung Soo NA
;
Nam Cheol CHI
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Korea. ksna@mail.chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Brushing;
LASIK
- MeSH:
Humans;
Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ*;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2001;42(12):1679-1684
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was to investigate the effect on early visual outcome of corneal cap attachment with brushing after LASIK. METHOD: We studied 40 eyes of 20 patients who received LASIK from April, 1998 to March, 1999. Early visual acuity was measured in the first, second and third day after LASIK between the group that received brushing procedure and the group that didn't. RESULT: The consecutive group that received brushing procedure showed considerable increase in recovery rate of visual acuity compared to the control group that did not receive brushing procedure on the first day (P<0.001), second day (P<0.004) and third day (P<0.005) after LASIK. However, there was no difference of visual acuity between the two groups in one month, three months and six months (P>0.05) after LASIK. CONCLUSION: We think that corneal cap attatchment with brushing helps early visual recovery and further investigation in this study is needed.
