LASIK for Hyperopia: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Refractive results changed little between 3 and 6 months after hyperopic LASIK.
LASIK for Hyperopia: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
To evaluate the effectiveness, predictability, safety, and stability of LASIK for hyperopia.
The panel methodologists assigned a level of evidence rating to each study.
Among the cohorts reporting predictability outcomes, 16 of 19 achieved more than 60% of eyes within ±0.50 diopter (D) of the intended correction.
Likewise, 16 of 21 cohorts reported more than 90% of eyes within ±1.00 D of target, and all cohorts reached at least 80% within this range.
The safety index (ratio of postoperative corrected distance visual acuity to preoperative corrected distance visual acuity) ranged from 0.97 to 1.05.
Worse stability outcomes were associated with higher hyperopia treatments, slower pulse rates (< 500 Hz), older laser models, and smaller optical zones (≤ 6 mm).
LASIK for hyperopia performed using the current excimer laser models (characterized by faster pulse rates, larger optical zones, and updated ablation profiles) seems to have relatively high rates of effectiveness, predictability, safety, and stability.
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