Department of Trauma and Microreconstructive Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, 830054, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. ahmatjang@163.com.
Department and Clinic of Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, 50-556, Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital in Opole, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Opole, Witosa 26, 41-405, Opole, Poland.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. 424257832@qq.com.
To evaluate the intraoperative central corneal epithelial thickness (ET) as measured by optical coherence pachymetry (OCP) in myopic eyes undergoing alcohol-assisted photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)....
A retrospective review of patients who underwent alcohol-assisted PRK was performed. Data were abstracted on age, gender, contact lens (CL) wear, preoperative refractive errors, keratometry, topograph...
The study comprised of 162 consecutive eyes from 81 patients. Mean age was 26.73 ± 6.47 years, 50.6% were males. CL was used in 92 eyes (56.8%). The mean sphere and spherical equivalent were -3.60 ± 1...
The intraoperative assessment of ET in alcohol-assisted PRK showed a high variability of the central corneal epithelium, with a significant difference between the first and second operated eyes. This ...
To report on the prospective evaluation of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in experienced ametropic naval aviators that led to the approval of refractive surgery for military pilots....
This was the first study evaluating refractive surgery in naval aviators. Return to flight status after PRK and clinical outcomes and subjective and objective flight performance were evaluated....
A total of 785 U.S. naval aviators were enrolled in the study. Average preoperative refraction was -2.92 ± 1.73 diopters (D) (range: +5.25 to -9.13 D). By 6 months, 85.9% of eyes were within ±0.50 D a...
This prospective study in U.S. naval aviators determined PRK to be safe and effective in a unique patient population operating in a visually demanding and hazardous environment. The program continues ...
To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and predictability of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) at least 4 years after primary laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and compare it to the United States Food a...
This retrospective, single-site study compared patients who underwent PRK enhancement from 2014 to 2019 after primary LASIK to those who only underwent primary LASIK without re-treatment from the same...
A total of 374 eyes with PRK enhancement were compared to 472 without re-treatment. Age, sex, surgical eye, and preoperative sphere, and spherical equivalent (SE) were significantly different between ...
Older age at the time of the primary LASIK, female sex, right surgical eye, and more myopic sphere and SE were risk factors for enhancement. Although PRK enhancements are considered off-label procedur...
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the results and complications of laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) using a femtosecond laser as a retreatment modality of myopia and myopic astigma...
In this retrospective, consecutive, noncomparative case series study, 69 eyes of 41 patients receiving femtosecond LASIK after previous myopic PRK were evaluated. The mean age was 43.0 ± 8.9 years. Th...
Twelve months after LASIK, the mean SE was -0.03 ± 0.17 D, with all eyes ≤0.50 D of SE. The mean DE was 0.30 ± 0.25, with 62 eyes (89.9%) ≤0.50 D and all eyes ≤1 D. The mean corrected distance visual ...
Myopic retreatments by femtosecond LASIK after primary PRK yielded excellent refractive results without relevant complications. The flap thickness must be tailored to the epithelial thickening after P...
To evaluate current best practices for postoperative photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) pain control....
Literature searches in the PubMed database were last conducted in October 2021 and were restricted to publications in English. This search identified 219 citations, of which 84 were reviewed in full t...
Systemic opioid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); topical NSAIDs; postoperative cold patches; bandage soft contact lenses (BCLs), notably senofilcon A contact lenses; and topical anes...
Systemic NSAIDs and opioid medications, topical NSAIDs, cold patches, BCLs, and topical anesthetics have been shown to provide improved pain control over alternative strategies and allow PRK-associate...
Customized photorefractive keratectomy with minimal tissue ablation combined with corneal cross-linking seems to be a long-term safe and effective strategy for anatomical and visual management of kera...
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of combined simultaneous photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) with collagen cross-linking (CXL) in keratoconus suspects (KCS)....
This was a retrospective, non-randomized study of KCS patients who underwent combined simultaneous PRK with CXL. The efficacy, safety, refractive outcomes, and corneal wavefront aberration changes wer...
Fifty-six eyes of 28 patients, including 20 females (71.4%), with a mean age of 30.92±4.09 years, were enrolled. The mean follow-up was 19.46±8.48 months (range: 7-35). At the conclusion of the study,...
The results of our study indicate that combined simultaneous PRK with CXL can be a safe and effective method for treating refractive instability in KCS patients....
To evaluate corneal biomechanical changes using Corvis ST in patients treated with photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) 25 years ago....
In this study, 32 post-PRK and 38 normal eyes underwent Corvis ST (CST) assessments. The measured CST factors were: time of highest concavity (HC), time of applanation 1 (AT1), time of applanation 2 (...
The mean [± standard deviation (SD)] age was 51.4 ± 7.36 years in PRK, 51.4 ± 3.62 in control group. PRK was performed 24.69 ± 1.78 years ago. ARTh, SP-A1, AT1, AL1, and AL2 were lower in PRK. PD, AT2...
In this study, most of the post-PRK eyes which were clinically and topographically normal were classified as "high risk CBI plus diseased BAD" and had significantly worse CBI and BAD values than the c...
The aim of this study was to present the 3-year outcomes after simultaneous transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy (t-PTK) and conventional photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) followed by corneal ...
In this prospective, interventional case series, patients with progressive keratoconus underwent simultaneous t-PTK and conventional PRK followed by CXL (Cretan protocol plus). Visual, refractive, and...
Twenty-two patients (31 eyes) were enrolled. No intraoperative or postoperative complications were observed in any of the patients. Logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) mean uncorrect...
Simultaneous t-PTK and conventional PRK followed by CXL seems to be an effective and safe treatment for progressive keratoconus over 3-year follow-up....
Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) was the first excimer laser procedure developed to treat refractive errors. The safety and efficacy of PRK established it as one of the most performed corneal refract...