Objective To investigate the effect of different surgical parameters including flap creation parameters and ablation parameters on the recovery of postoperative central corneal sensation following FS-LASIK. Methods This was a prospective experimental study. Thirty-two patients (64 eyes) with myopia who underwent femtosecond laser assisted LASIK were enrolled in this study. Each patient had the similar bilateral refractive conditions. During flap creation before ablation, the side-cut angle was randomly set at 90° in one eye and 150° in the other eye, and the flap thickness was set at 100 µm or 110 µm, and ablation parameters including optical treatment zone and ablation depth was caculated by the system. Analyze the impact factors using generalized linear model and then eyes were divided into 3 groups according to ablation depth: group I, less than 80 µm, group II, from 80 to 100 µm, group III, more than 100 µm. Central corneal sensation was measured preoperatively and at 1 week, 1 month and 3 months postoperatively using Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometer. Repeated measures ANOVA were used to analyze the data. Results Central corneal sensation at 1 week and 1 month postoperatively was related to ablation depth(B=-0.231, -0.247, P<0.05), however, no correlation was found with ablation at 3 months after LASIK (B=-0.222, P>0.05) or at 1 week, 1 month and 3 months operatively with side-cut angles (B=-2.569, -3.993, -0.607, P>0.05) and flap thickness (B=-4.422, -11.058, -10.368, P>0.05) and optical treatment zone (B=-3.515, -11.510, -9.058, P>0.05). Compared with preoperative data, central corneal sensation was reduced at 1 week, 1 month and 3 months postoperatively(F=250.322, P<0.05), however, there was no significant differences among the three groups at different time points(F=2.092, P>0.05). Conclusion Ablation depth but not different side-cut angles and flap thicknesses or optical treatment zone has effect on the recovery of corneal sensation postoperatively.
孙西宇,张芦燕,胡亮,余野,熊彦,崔雨昕,王勤美. 不同手术参数对飞秒激光LASIK术后角膜知觉恢复的影响[J]. 中华眼视光学与视觉科学杂志, 2015, 17(5): 275-279.
Sun Xiyu,Zhang Luyan,Hu Liang,Yu Ye,Xiong Yan,Cui Yuxin,Wang Qinmei. The effect of different surgical parameters on the recovery of corneal sensation following FS-LASIK. Chinese Journal of Optometry Ophthalmology and Visual science, 2015, 17(5): 275-279. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-845X.2015.05.005
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