Visual Quality Differences Between Orthokeratology and LASIK to Compensate Low–Moderate Myopia

Abstract

The results in this study suggest that LASIK provides better visual quality outcomes than ortho-k for the treatment of low-to-moderate myopia.

Vision-Specific Quality of Life: Laser-Assisted in situ Keratomileusis Versus Overnight Contact Lens Wear

“…6) Satisfaction with correction scores presented mismatches with other studies for emmetropes because of high mean age, and for silicone-hydrogel CL wearers, that shows a value higher than found by Ritchey et al 12 There are not statistically significant differences when CRT and LASIK groups are compared pair by pair, presenting similar satisfaction levels for all attributes, which could be explained by the change induced on corneal topography, producing similar HOAs. 30,35,39,40 When subjects were grouped by refractive error amount, statistically significant variations were found for dependence on correction and satisfaction with correction. Dependence on correction presents the high score for emmetropic group, and its value increases with refractive error, this could be explained because the most of the subjects underwent LASIK surgery or were CRT users, and these patients have a lower or none dependence on correction perception.…”

“…The scale has been administered for emmetropes as well as for several ocular conditions including myopic or hyperopic subjects, comparison of intraocular lenses, soft CL, CRT and Vision Quality of Life after LASIK and Overnight CL wear 9 LASIK treatments. 5,10,16,30 However, to the best of our knowledge, there are not published studies using the NEI RQL-42 questionnaire to assess the effect of the whole therapeutic options presented in this study: LASIK surgery, continuous wear of silicone-hydrogel CL, and CRT lenses.…”

“…9,12,17 Some dissonance has been found between high levels of satisfaction and the presence of visual disturbances, especially night vision symptoms with refractive surgery or CRT. [27][28][29][30] Several studies have reported that a large part of patients experienced night vision symptoms when they had undergone with laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or CRT. 9,10,15,31 Different authors found increasing higher-order aberrations and reducing low-contrast best-corrected Vision Quality of Life after LASIK and Overnight CL wear 4 visual acuity, [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] however it should be noted that in many patients the vision-related quality of life shown to be good.…”

Changes and Diurnal Variation of Visual Quality after Orthokeratology in Myopic Children

“…Any of the factors was independent and also interrelated to influence the different spatial frequency of CSF and UCVA. David et al [ 39 ] suggested that LASIK provided better visual quality outcomes than orthokeratology for the treatment of low-to-moderate myopia. For myopic adults, considering exclusively the visual quality results, LASIK was a better treatment option than orthokeratology.…”