Femtosecond Laser-assisted Wavefront-guided LASIK Using a Newer Generation Aberrometer: 1-Year Results

To evaluate long-term outcomes of wavefront-guided LASIK with a new advanced aberrometer.

Fifty eyes of 25 LASIK candidates with myopia and/or astigmatism underwent aberrometry (iDesign Advanced WaveScan; Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, CA), femtosecond laser-assisted flap creation, and excimer ablation. Uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), spherical equivalent (SEQ), and astigmatism outcomes were measured at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively.

The sphere, cylinder, and SEQ were -4.29 ± 1.94, -0.75 ± 0.76, and -4.67 ± 2.01 diopters (D), respectively, preoperatively and 0.03 ± 0.13, -0.09 ± 0.13, and -0.02 ± 0.14 D, respectively, 12 months postoperatively (P < .001). The postoperative log-MAR CDVA (-0.07 ± 0.09) and UDVA (-0.04 ± 0.09) were better than the preoperative logMAR CDVA (0.07 ± 0.10) (P < .01). Ninety-four percent achieved a 12-month logMAR UDVA of 0.0 or less (20/20 or better Snellen) and 100% achieved 0.3 or less (20/40 or better Snellen), compared to a preoperative logMAR CDVA of 0.0 or worse in 54% and 0.3 or less in 100%. Postoperative SEQ was within ±0.50 D in 98%. The regression plot for achieved (y) vs intended (x) correction at 12 months was (y = 0.98 × - 0.09, R(2) = 0.99, P < .001). No cases lost CDVA. The target and 12-month surgically induced astigmatisms (TIA and SIA) were 0.91 ± 0.75 and 0.82 ± 0.70, respectively. The regression plot between them was SIA = 0.91 × TIA - 0.01 (R(2) = 0.95, P < .001). The angle of error was -0.29° ± 12.6° and index of success was 0.13 ± 0.25. There was only a mild, nonsignificant increase of higher-order aberrations after surgery, and the postoperative wavefront was stable on follow-up.

Wavefront-guided LASIK with iDesign aberrometry appears to be safe and effective in this long-term, consecutive case series.