Visual performance after conventional LASIK and wavefront-guided LASIK with iris-registration:results at 1 year

AIM:To compare visual performance of wavefrontguided laser in situ keratomileusis(LASIK) with iris-registration(Wg-LASIK group) and conventional LASIK(LASIK group) one year after surgery and analyze the correlation between wavefront aberrations and visual performance.·METHODS:Eight hundred and fifty-two myopic eyes of 430 patients were enrolled in this prospective study and divided into two groups:Wg-LASIK group(436eyes) and LASIK group(416 eyes).A Wavescan Wavefront aberrometer was used to analyze Zernike coefficients and the root-mean-square(RMS) of higher order aberrations,and Optec 6500 visual function instrument was used to measure contrast sensitivity(CS)before and 3,6,12 months after surgery.·RESULTS:The mean spherical equivalent(SE) in WgLASIK group was significantly better than those in LASIK group one year after surgery(P =0.024).Wg-LASIK eyes showed better CS values than LASIK eyes at all spatial frequencies with and without glare after surgery(P all<0.01).Moreover,the increase of higher RMS(RMSh),coma,RMS3,RMS4,RMS5 in Wg-LASIK group were significantly lower than those in LASIK group 1 year after surgery(P all <0.05).The increase of coma,spherical aberration(SA),RMS3 and RMS4 in Wg-LASIK and coma and RMS3 in LASIK group were negatively correlated with reduction of contrast sensitivity 1 year after surgery.·CONCLUSION:A significant better visual performance is got in Wg-LASIK group compared with LASIK group 1year after surgery,and the Wg-LASIK is particularly suitable for eyes with high-magnitude RMSh.