J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2010 Jun;51(6):809-815. 10.3341/jkos.2010.51.6.809.

Effects of Eye Registration on the Astigmatism Correction in the Surface Laser Ablation

• Cha D
• Kim SK
• Roh GH
• Kim HM
• Song JS

• KMID: 2213604
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2010.51.6.809

Abstract

PURPOSE
To compare the effect of astigmatism correction upon Mel 80 excimer laser surgery with or without an eye registration system.
METHODS
This retrospective analysis investigates a group (eye registration group) of surface laser ablation surgeries for myopic astigmatism correction, with operation on 27 eyes from 15 patients with guidance of the eye registration system and 40 eyes from 29 patients without guidance from the eye registration system. The evaluation of astigmatism correction was performed by the Alpins method, measuring the amount and axis of astigmatism before and after the operations.
RESULTS
The average of the correction index (the ratio of the surgically induced amount of astigmatism correction to the intended amount of astigmatism correction) for the eye registration group was calculated to be 0.94+/-0.30 and, for non-eye registration group, was 0.92+/-0.41, showing no statistical significant difference between the two groups (p=0.762). However, the comparison of the index of success (the ratio of the difference vector to the intended amount of astigmatism correction) favorably demonstrated the effectiveness of eye registration (0.23+/-0.34 for eye registration group, 0.47+/-0.54 for non-eye registration group, p=0.03). The absolute angle of error (AE), a measure of difference in angle between the ablated axis of astigmatism correction and the desired axis of astigmatism correction, was lower on average for the eye registration group than for the non-eye registration group (3.52+/-7.69 to 12.5+/-20.69 degrees, p=0.015).
CONCLUSIONS
Eye registration-guided surface laser ablation is suggested to be beneficial for the reduction of errors in astigmatism correction.

Keyword

Alpins method; Astigmatism correction; Eye registration; Laser surface ablation

MeSH Terms

Astigmatism
Axis, Cervical Vertebra
Eye
Humans
Laser Therapy
Lasers, Excimer
Retrospective Studies

Figure

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  Figure 1. VECTrAK (version 1.500) program used to calculate astigmatism change.

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  Figure 2. Ocular cyclotorsion in eye registration group and non eye registration group. In non eye registration group, there was a trend of excylotorsion.

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