Laser in situ keratomileusis application for myopia over minus 14 diopter with long-term follow-up

• Published in: International ophthalmology 2012-10, Vol.32 (5), p.435-441
• Main Authors: Oruçoğlu, Faik, Kingham, James D., Kendüşim, Mahir, Ayoğlu, Buket, Toksu, Berrin, Göker, Sinan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Cornea - pathology; Cornea - surgery; Corneal Topography; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ - methods; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Myopia - pathology; Myopia - surgery; Ophthalmology; Original Paper; Refraction, Ocular; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0165-5701; 1573-2630
• DOI: 10.1007/s10792-012-9595-4

To evaluate the results of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for extremely high myopia with a minimum follow-up of 10 years. Istanbul Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Extremely high myopic patients treated with LASIK between 1995 and 1997 with a minimum follow-up of 10 years are reviewed retrospectively. Cases over 14 diopters (D) of myopia were included in the study. From 143 eyes with high myopia greater than −14 D operated on between 1995 and 1997, 39 eyes (26 patients) were available for 10-year follow-up. RESULTS: The manifest average spherical equivalent refraction was −21.7 ± 5.8 D prior to surgery. This value became −6.0 ± 3.3 D after at least 10 years of follow-up. The regression was −6.1 ± 2.2 D in the period starting from the first month of the follow-up until the last control. The uncorrected visual acuity was 0.07 ± 0.1 at the last follow-up. The mean preoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 0.22 ± 0.12 and 0.30 ± 0.17 postoperatively ( p