title: Efficacy and safety of LASIK in 10,052 eyes of 5081 myopic Chinese patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the outcomes and incidence of postoperative complications in a large series of patients undergoing LASIK for myopia.
  
  
  METHODS
  All 5081 patients (10,052 eyes) diagnosed with myopia at The Third Hospital of Handan, China, from September 2003 through March 2005 were studied. All study eyes underwent LASIK with 1-month follow-up. Spherical equivalent refraction, best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), and uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) were measured before and after surgery and intra- and postoperative complications were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Uncorrected visual acuity at 1-month follow-up of 9555 (95.1%) eyes reached or exceeded the preoperative BSCVA. Hemorrhage of corneal limbus during surgery occurred in 1060 (10.5%) eyes, Sands of Sahara syndrome occurred in 232 (2.3%) eyes, interface infection responsive to treatment occurred in 4 (0.04%) eyes, and epithelial ingrowth occurred in 1 (0.01%) eye.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LASIK is a safe and effective method for the treatment of myopia.
authors.affiliation: Third Hospital of Handan, Handan, China. sunlp200408@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Lanping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Guifen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Junhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yajuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity