Research Article

Keratorefractive Surgery Outcomes in Keratoconus Suspect Patients

Table 1

The preoperative and postoperative data of patients.

ParametersPreoperativeThree-month follow-upFive-year follow-up

PRK (n = 211)
BSCVA0.99 ± 0.040.99 ± 0.360.99 ± 0.45
value = 0.523 = 0.751
SUB SE−3.67 ± 2.01−0.11 ± 0.317−0.12 ± 0.25
value < 0.001 < 0.001
SUB AST−0.97 ± 0.99−0.44 ± 0.50−0.30 ± 0.42
value < 0.001 < 0.001
Lasik (n = 96)
BSCVA0.99 ± 0.030.98 ± 0.040.97 ± 0.07
value = 0.537 = 0.203
SUB SE−3.99 ± 2.41−0.10 ± 0.36−0.08 ± 0.31
value < 0.001 < 0.001
SUB AST−1.58 ± 1.50−0.51 ± 0.50−0.39 ± 0.46
value < 0.001 < 0.001
Femto-Lasik (n = 44)
BSCVA0.98 ± 0.060.99 ± 0.021.00 ± 0.00
value = 0.180 = 0.109
SUB SE−3.28 ± 2.57−0.15 ± 0.26−0.07 ± 0.23
value < 0.001 < 0.001
SUB AST1.26 ± 1.41−0.29 ± 0.38−0.27 ± 0.34
value < 0.001 < 0.001

BSCVA = best spectacle-corrected visual acuity; SUB SE = subjective spherical equivalent; SUB AST = subjective astigmatism.