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Prospective, randomized comparison of simultaneous and sequential bilateral LASIK for the correction of myopia
G O Waring1, J D Carr, R D Stulting
1Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
Purpose:
To study the safety and efficacy of simultaneous bilateral laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) METHODS: Data were obtained from 254 consecutive patients that were randomized to simultaneous or sequential bilateral LASIK.
Results:
146 patients were enrolled in the simultaneous group and 108 patients were enrolled in the sequential group. Mean follow-up was 10 months (range 6-18). There was no significant difference in intraoperative complication rate (p = 0.34), loss of two or more lines of spectacle corrected visual acuity (p = 0.9), or percentage of eyes within +/- 0.50 D of intended (p = 0.63) between simultaneous and sequential groups.
Conclusions:
The risk of performing bilateral simultaneous LASIK is not significantly different from that of sequential treatments.
