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. 2016 Mar 7;10:393–404. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S99394

Table 2.

Postoperative outcome measures in the studies included in the meta-analysis of femtosecond lasers for LASIK

References (author, year) Surgical procedure Primary outcomes
Secondary outcomes
Eyes (n) Efficacy (%) Predictability (%) Safety (%) Eyes (n) Target flap thickness (µm) Measured flap thickness (µm) ± SD (range) Method Intraop complication (%) Postop complication (%)
Tran et al, 200520 IntraLase FS 10 kHz 7 100 0 8 120 0 37.5
Durrie and Stahl, 200432 IntraLase FS 15 kHz 30 93 83 0 30 110
30 90 93 0 30 110
Javaloy et al, 200733 IntraLase FS 15 kHz 100 80a 83 1 20 120 130.14±1.70 CM 0 17
Chan et al, 200834 IntraLase FS 15 kHz 40 98 93 3 51 120 118.7±12.2 SUP 0 28 (<1 mo)
Durrie and Kezirian, 200550 IntraLase FS 15 kHz 51 98 90 51 118
Montes-Mico et al, 200721 IntraLase FS 30 kHz 100 100 98 0 100 120
Patel et al, 200741 IntraLase FS 15 kHz 21 0.01±0.11LogMar (20/20) 90 0.06±0.09LogMar (20/15) 21 120 143±16 (110–172) CM 0 0
Munoz et al, 201035 IntraLase FS 15 kHz 48 85.4 97.9 0 48 120 0 0
Stonecipher and Kezirian, 200836 IntraLase FS 15 kHz 188 93 (WF guided) 93 0 374 100–130
186 93 (WF optimized) 94 0
Alio and Pinero, 200831 IntraLase FS 30 kHz 22 86.4a 13.6a 22 110 115.95±6.22 VHF 0 0
Pfaeffl et al, 200837 IntraLase FS 30 kHz 287 0 287 100 100.4±13.6 (57–138) OCP 0 2.8
Rosa et al, 200938 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 20 0.02±0.04LogMar 20 120 143.1±18.4 (107.2–172.5) SUP
20 0.04±0.03LogMar 20 120 115.5±12.5 (91.6147.8)20 minutes
Slade et al, 200913 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 50 92 0 25 100 112±5 (87–118) OCT 0 0
Prakash et al, 201014 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 60 97 91.6 0 60 90 89.97±4.12 OCT 3.3 1.7
60 80 90 0 60 100 99.96±5.30 5 3.3
60 82 91.6 0 60 110 110.01±4.50 6.7 1.7
60 87 93.3 0 60 120 119.26±4.94 3.3 1.7
Hatch et al, 201115 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 25 92 88 0 26 90 11.5 23.1
Prakash et al, 201116 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 368 82 95.1 0 368 90 90.1±6.7 (76–102) OCT 0 0
368 81 94.02 0 368 100 100.6±6.9 (85–114) 0 0
He et al, 201417 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 54 87 80 0 54 105 – (WF guided) SUP 0 0
54 78 72 1.9 54 105 – (WF optimized)
Zhai et al, 201339 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 59 59 110 111±3 (104–120) OCT
Tanzer et al, 201322 IntraLase FS 60 kHz or 150 kHz 497 98.2 0.4 544 0.2 0.2
48 100 0 57
23b 95.7b 0b 30
Yu and Manche, 201519 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 61 93 95 2 61 105 0 0
IntraLase FS 150 kHz 61 95 90 0 61 105 0 0
Sales and Manche, 201323 IntraLase FS 150 kHz 34 97 94 0 34 105 – (WF guided) SUP
34 97 85 0 34 105 – (WF optimized)
Yu and Manche, 201425 IntraLase FS 150 kHz 50 97.9 100 0 50 105 – (Allegretto Wave Eye-Q) SUP
50 91.5 92 0 50 105 – (Visx Star Customvue S4 IR)
Vryghem et al, 201026 FEMTO LDV 111 94.6 95.5 0 111 110 106.68±12.68 (84–149) SUP 17.1 14.4
Zhou et al, 201242 FEMTO LDV 360 360 110 103.95±6.11 OCT
Rosman et al, 201324 Visumax 500 kHz 39 79.5 89.7 0 45 115 SUP 13.3 0
IntraLase FS 150 kHz 39 82.1 84.6 0 45 110 2.2 0
Ang et al, 201318 Visumax 500 kHz 381 75.5 86.9 381 110–120 2.1 0.3
IntraLase FS 60 kHz 362 75.0 87.3 362 100–110 0.3 0.6
Lim et al, 201328 Visumax 200 kHz 36 95.8 100c 0 36 80 83.46±3.50 (73–95) OCT Only OBL
36 100 97.1 0 36 120 122.93±3.55 (107–131) Only OBL
Kymionis et al, 201329 Wavelight AG/Alcon 42 86 86 0 42 105 102.98±6.33 (91–114) OCT 4.8 0
FS200
Cummings et al, 201330 Wavelight FS200 378 83.4 91.0 0.3 431 120 120.23±13.94 (73–176) SOP 0 0
53b 46.4b 71.0b 7.5b
Ahn et al, 201140 IntraLase FS 60 kHz 50 50 110 103.3±13.2 OCT
Visumax 40 40 110 133.9±13.9
FEMTO LDV 64 64 110 105.8±8.2
Arbelaez et al, 200927 FEMTO LDV 50 84 76d 0 50 110 SOP 0 0

Notes: –, not reported;

a

estimated from a figure;

b

hyperopic eyes were excluded;

c

refraction within the ±0.25 D of target refraction;

d

only astigmatism correction. Studies written in bold have been included in the previously published meta-analyses.10,11

Abbreviations: CM, confocal microscopy; LASIK, laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis; OBL, opaque bubble layer; OCP, optical coherence pachymetry; OCT, optical coherence tomography; SD, standard deviation; SOP, subtraction online pachymetry, difference between preoperative corneal thickness and the thickness of corneal bed after flap lifting; SUP, subtraction ultrasound pachymetry; VHF, very-high-frequency digital ultrasound; WF, wave front; postop, postoperative; intraop, intraoperative; mo, month.