Ten-Year Follow-up of Photorefractive Keratectomy for Myopia of More Than −6 Diopters

Ten-year follow-up of photorefractive keratectomy for myopia

“…This was slightly worse than the report by Alió et al, who reported it to be 0.81 [8]. The difference came from the fact that those who underwent retreatments were not included in our study.…”

“…Statistically, no significant difference was found among the three groups in our study; however, there was a tendency for the lower myopia group to achieve higher UCVA, as reported by previous studies [8,9,13].…”

“…Patients were divided into three groups (moderate myopia, high myopia, severe high myopia) based on [8]. Statistically, no significant difference was found among the three groups in our study; however, there was a tendency for the lower myopia group to achieve higher UCVA, as reported by previous studies [8,9,13].…”

“…Despite the fact that many papers have been published, few studies have reported the long-term outcome of PRK over more than 10 years [6][7][8][9][10].…”

Four-year to seven-year outcomes of advanced surface ablation with excimer laser for high myopia

“…The umbrella term for many of these improvements is "advanced surface ablation," which includes photorefractive keratectomy with cooling (cPRK) and laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK), among others [17]. Long-term outcomes of standard surface ablation, such as PRK, are well studied, but only short-term follow-ups have been performed for cPRK and LASEK [10,[18][19][20]. Evaluation of both medium and longterm results is of utmost importance to monitor safety and efficacy for all surgical procedures.…”