Surgical and healing changes to ocular aberrations following refractive surgery

Jochen Straub; Jim Schwiegerling

doi:10.1117/12.479852

14 July 2003 Surgical and healing changes to ocular aberrations following refractive surgery

Jochen Straub, Jim Schwiegerling

Proceedings Volume 4951, Ophthalmic Technologies XIII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479852
Event: Biomedical Optics, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Purpose: To measure ocular aberrations before and at several time periods after LASIK surgery to determine the change to the aberration structure of the eye. Methods: A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor was used to measure 88 LASIK patients pre-operatively and at 1 week and 12 months following surgery. Reconstructed wavefront errors are compared to look at induced differences. Manifest refraction was measured at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months following surgery. Sphere, cylinder, spherical aberration, and pupil diameter are analyzed. Results: A dramatic elevation in spherical aberration is seen following surgery. This elevation appears almost immediately and remains for the duration of the study. A temporary increase in pupil size is seen following surgery. Conclusions: LASIK surgery dramatically reduces defocus and astigmatism in the eye, but simultaneously increases spherical aberration levels. This increase occurs at the time of surgery and is not an effect of the healing response.

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Jochen Straub and Jim Schwiegerling "Surgical and healing changes to ocular aberrations following refractive surgery", Proc. SPIE 4951, Ophthalmic Technologies XIII, (14 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479852

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Surgery

Monochromatic aberrations

Refraction

Spherical lenses

Wavefront sensors

Eye

LASIK

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