title: Myopic laser in situ keratomileusis retreatment: Incidence and associations.
abstract: To determine the factors associated with retreatment after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopic eyes in the modern LASIK era.
  
  
  
  Care-Vision Laser Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
  
  
  
  Retrospective cohort study.
  
  
  
  All cases of myopic LASIK performed between January 2005 and December 2012 were analyzed according to whether they had retreatment refractive surgery.
  
  
  
  The study evaluated 9177 right eyes in 9177 consecutive LASIK cases. The mean preoperative subjective spherical equivalent and astigmatism were -3.30 diopters (D) ± 1.53 (SD) (range -0.50 to -12.00 D) and 0.69 ± 0.94 D (range 0.00 to 6.00 D), respectively. Of the eyes, 165 (1.80%) had at least 1 retreatment. Over the course of the study, the 2-year retreatment rate decreased from 2.58% to 0.38% (P < .001). Multiple binary logistic regression analysis showed that older age (odds ratio [OR], 1.03; P = .007), higher astigmatism (OR, 1.23; P = .008), sphere (OR, 1.15; P = .026), and mean keratometric power (OR, 1.13; P = .036) significantly increased the odds for retreatment. A larger optical zone ablation (7.0 mm) significantly decreased the odds for retreatment (OR, 0.10; P = .022). Significant cutoffs associated with retreatments were age greater than 50 years, astigmatism more than 1.5 D, and sphere more than 2.0 D.
  
  
  
  Older age and higher preoperative astigmatism, sphere, and corneal steepness were associated with myopic LASIK retreatment. Larger optical ablation zones might decrease retreatment rates.
  
  
  
  None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology (Pokroy), Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Care-Vision Laser Centers (Sela, Munzer, Kaiserman), the Department of Ophthalmology (Mimouni), Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, the Department of Ophthalmology (Kaiserman), Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, and the Faculty of Health Sciences (Kaiserman), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel. Electronic address: pokroyr@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pokroy
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology (Pokroy), Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Care-Vision Laser Centers (Sela, Munzer, Kaiserman), the Department of Ophthalmology (Mimouni), Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, the Department of Ophthalmology (Kaiserman), Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, and the Faculty of Health Sciences (Kaiserman), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mimouni
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology (Pokroy), Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Care-Vision Laser Centers (Sela, Munzer, Kaiserman), the Department of Ophthalmology (Mimouni), Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, the Department of Ophthalmology (Kaiserman), Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, and the Faculty of Health Sciences (Kaiserman), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel.
authors.forename: Tzahi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sela
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology (Pokroy), Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Care-Vision Laser Centers (Sela, Munzer, Kaiserman), the Department of Ophthalmology (Mimouni), Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, the Department of Ophthalmology (Kaiserman), Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, and the Faculty of Health Sciences (Kaiserman), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel.
authors.forename: Gur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Munzer
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Ophthalmology (Pokroy), Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Care-Vision Laser Centers (Sela, Munzer, Kaiserman), the Department of Ophthalmology (Mimouni), Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, the Department of Ophthalmology (Kaiserman), Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, and the Faculty of Health Sciences (Kaiserman), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaiserman
mesh_terms: D001251:Astigmatism; D003315:Cornea; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D009216:Myopia / Q000628:therapy*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D019233:Retreatment; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity