title: Prospective, randomized comparison of simultaneous and sequential bilateral LASIK for the correction of myopia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the safety and efficacy of simultaneous bilateral laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) METHODS: Data were obtained from 254 consecutive patients that were randomized to simultaneous or sequential bilateral LASIK.
  
  
  RESULTS
  146 patients were enrolled in the simultaneous group and 108 patients were enrolled in the sequential group. Mean follow-up was 10 months (range 6-18). There was no significant difference in intraoperative complication rate (p = 0.34), loss of two or more lines of spectacle corrected visual acuity (p = 0.9), or percentage of eyes within +/- 0.50 D of intended (p = 0.63) between simultaneous and sequential groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The risk of performing bilateral simultaneous LASIK is not significantly different from that of sequential treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Waring
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Stulting
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012449:Safety; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology