title: Q-value customized ablation (custom-Q) versus wavefront optimized ablation for primary myopia and myopic astigmatism.
abstract: Comparison between treatment with wavefront optimized and custom-Q laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) ablations. Our study included 400 eyes of 200 patients divided into two equal groups. All patients were treated for myopia and myopic astigmatism with LASIK. The first group was treated with wavefront optimized ablation and the second group with custom-Q ablation. They were examined preoperatively and postoperatively to assess asphericity, image quality, and other classical outcome parameters. The wavefront optimized ablation group comprised 200 eyes with a mean spherical equivalent refraction (SE) of -5.2188 diopters (D) (range: -1.15 to -10.50 D); the mean Q-value changed from 0.30 preoperatively to 0.06 postoperatively. The custom-Q ablation group also comprised 200 eyes with a mean SE of -5.1575 D (range: -1.35 to -9.00 D); the mean Q-value changed from 0.32 preoperatively to 0.03 postoperatively. A statistically significant difference in postoperative change in Q-values (P = 0.02) and in postoperative visual acuity (P = 0.42) between the two groups was noted. There was no difference between the two groups regarding refractive correction. There was a marginally significant change in BSCVA (best spectacle-corrected visual acuity) between the two groups, and less impairment in the corneal asphericity in the custom-Q group.
authors.affiliation: El-Zagazig University, Sharkeya, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tawfik
authors.forename: Ahmed Mostafa
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Eid
authors.forename: Rabei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasanen
authors.forename: Ismail A N
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Moftah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000379:methods*; D054018:Lasers, Excimer / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
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