Table 4 Comparative publications among different excimer platforms for Anterior Surface Ablation/LASIK performance
Study design | Treatment | MMC 0.02% | UDVA decimal | UDVA LogMAR | Efficacy Index | Residual Sphere | Residual Cylinder | CDVA decimal | CDVA LogMAR | Safety Index | Change in CDVA lines preop/postop | SE ±0.5 D | SE ±1 D | Correlation preopSE/ Corrected refraction | |
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Our Study | Retrospective study. 394 eyes. ≤ 40 y.o. Full range myopia 3-months follow-upU Allegretto 400 Hz vs Esiris vs Technolas 217c. | Standard (no customized) | MMC: 15 s each 50 μm | *Allegretto better than others | *Allegretto better than others | *Allegretto better than others | *Allegretto better than others | *Allegretto better than others | *Allegretto better than others | No differences were found | *Technolas worse than others | No differences were found | *Allegretto better than others | No differences were found | Strong correlation in the 3 groups |
[32] Nassiri et al. JCRS. 2011;37:1858–64. | Prospective study 131 eyes. ≤ 40 y.o. Low to moderate myopia. 3-month follow-up Allegretto 400 Hz vs Technolas 217z. | WFG vs Planoscan | MMC: 10–25 s > 70 μm | Allegretto better than Technolas | No differences were found | No differences were found | Allegretto better than Technolas | ||||||||
[33] Nassiri et al. JRS. 2015;31:683–90. | Prospective study. 151 eyes. ≤ 45 y.o. Moderate myopia. 3-month follow-upU Allegretto 400 Hz vs Technolas 217z | WFO vs Tissue-saving | MMC: 10–25 s > 70 μm | Allegretto better than Technolas | No differences were found | No differences were found | 20/20 (Snellen) in both groups | ||||||||
LASIK | |||||||||||||||
[20] Han et al. Clin Ophthalmol. 2012; 6:1159–68. | Retrospective study. 442 eyes. ≤ 52 y.o. Full range myopia 3-month follow-upU Allegretto 400 Hz vs Technolas 217z | WFO vs Planoscan Flap creation: Visumax 500 kHz | Allegretto better than Technolas | No differences were found | Allegretto better than Technolas | *Allegretto better than Technolas | No differences were found | No differences were found | No differences were found | No differences were found | |||||
[19] Mearza et al. J Refract Surg. 2008;24:885–90. | Prospective study 44 eyes. ≤ 61 y.o. Full range myopia and hyperopia Allegretto eye-Q vs Esiris | Q-value vs aspheric standard Flap creation: Moria M2 | No differences in myopia subgroup were found | No differences in total group were found | No differences in myopia subgroup were found | No differences in myopia subgroup were found | No differences in total group were found | No differences in total group were found | No differences in total group were found | No differences in total group were found | |||||