Comparison of Corneal Shape Changes and Aberrations Induced By FS-LASIK and SMILE for Myopia
Abstract
PURPOSE:
To compare corneal curvatures, corneal power calculations, and higher-order aberrations (HOAs) of femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (FS-LASIK) with small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) following surgery for moderate to high myopia.
METHODS:
A retrospective study of 736 eyes of 368 patients treated with SMILE and 148 eyes of 74 patients treated with FS-LASIK. Preoperative mean spherical equivalent was −7.3 ± 1.5 diopters in the SMILE group and −7.6 ± 1.3 diopters in the FS-LASIK group. Corneal curvatures, corneal power calculations performed by ray tracing, and HOAs measured with Scheimpflug technology before and 3 months after surgery were analyzed.
RESULTS:
Corneal curvatures changed significantly in the anterior corneal surface, but not in the posterior corneal surface, in both groups; after SMILE, the sagittal curvature was constant for the central 4-mm diameter, in contrast to FS-LASIK where the curvature showed a gradual steepening with increasing diameter. Corneal power calculations were different across the cornea depending on the measurement diameter between the two groups postoperatively. Measured over a 5-mm zone on the total cornea, FS-LASIK induced 0.11 µm more coma (P < .001) and 0.13 µm higher spherical aberration (P < .001) as compared to SMILE; similar results in other HOAs were seen for the anterior corneal surface. Negligible differences in HOAs were induced on the posterior corneal surface.
CONCLUSIONS:
SMILE and FS-LASIK produced distinct changes in anterior corneal shape evident in different postoperative corneal curvatures and power measurements between the two groups. Postoperative HOAs were much lower after SMILE as compared to FS-LASIK.
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