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- Title
Effect of fluence levels on prophylactic corneal cross‐linking for laser in situ keratomileusis and transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy.
- Authors
Lu, Nan‐Ji; Hafezi, Farhad; Torres‐Netto, Emilio A.; Assaf, Jad F.; Aslanides, Ioannis M.; Awwad, Shady T.; Chen, Shihao; Cui, Le‐Le; Koppen, Carina
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of various fluence levels on prophylactic corneal cross‐linking (CXL) combined with femtosecond laser in situ keratomileusis (FS‐LASIK‐Xtra) or transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TransPRK‐Xtra) on biomechanics, demarcation line (DL), and stromal haze. Methods: Prospective analysis where two prophylactic CXL protocols (lower/higher fluence [LF/HF]: 30 mw/cm2, 60/80 s, 1.8/2.4 J/cm2) were performed as part of either an FS‐LASIK‐Xtra or TransPRK‐Xtra procedure. Data were collected preoperatively and at 1 week and 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. Main outcome measures were (1) dynamic corneal response parameters and the stress–strain index (SSI) from Corvis, (2) actual DL depth (ADL), and (3) stromal haze on OCT images analysed by a machine learning algorithm. Results: Eighty‐six eyes from 86 patients underwent FS‐LASIK‐Xtra‐HF (21 eyes), FS‐LASIK‐Xtra‐LF (21 eyes), TransPRK‐Xtra‐HF (23 eyes), and TransPRK‐Xtra‐LF (21 eyes). SSI increased similarly by around 15% in all groups 6 months postoperatively (p = 0.155). All other corneal biomechanical parameters were statistically significant worsening postoperatively, but the change was similar in all groups. At 1 month postoperatively, there was no statistical difference in mean ADL among four groups (p = 0.613), mean stromal haze was similar between the two FS‐LASIK‐Xtra groups, but higher in the TransPRK‐Xtra‐HF group compared with the TransPRK‐Xtra‐LF group. Conclusions: FS‐LASIK‐Xtra and TransPRK‐Xtra lead to a similar ADL and improve SSI equally. Lower fluence prophylactic CXL might be recommended as it achieves similar mean ADL with potentially less induced stromal haze, especially in TransPRK. The clinical relevance and applicability of such protocols remains to be assessed.
- Subjects
PHOTOREFRACTIVE keratectomy; LASIK; CORNEAL cross-linking; MACHINE learning; FEMTOSECOND lasers; OPTICAL coherence tomography
- Publication
Acta Ophthalmologica (1755375X), 2023, Vol 101, Issue 2, pe185
- ISSN
1755-375X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/aos.15230