The Effect on Early Visual Outcome of Corneal Cap Attachment with Brushing after LASIK.

Koh, Young Mun; Yoon, Tae Jung; Na, Kyoung Soo; Chi, Nam Cheol

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2001;42(12):1679-1684.
Published online December 1, 2001.

The Effect on Early Visual Outcome of Corneal Cap Attachment with Brushing after LASIK.

Young Mun Koh, Tae Jung Yoon, Kyoung Soo Na, Nam Cheol Chi

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Korea. ksna@mail.chosun.ac.kr

Brushing 에 의한 각막편 부착이 LASIK 후 조기시력에 미치는 영향

고영문(Young Mun Koh),윤태중(Tae Jung Yoon),나경수(Kyoung Soo Na),지남철(Nam Cheol Chi)

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to investigate the effect on early visual outcome of corneal cap attachment with brushing after LASIK. METHOD: We studied 40 eyes of 20 patients who received LASIK from April, 1998 to March, 1999. Early visual acuity was measured in the first, second and third day after LASIK between the group that received brushing procedure and the group that didn't. RESULT: The consecutive group that received brushing procedure showed considerable increase in recovery rate of visual acuity compared to the control group that did not receive brushing procedure on the first day (P<0.001), second day (P<0.004) and third day (P<0.005) after LASIK. However, there was no difference of visual acuity between the two groups in one month, three months and six months (P>0.05) after LASIK. CONCLUSION: We think that corneal cap attatchment with brushing helps early visual recovery and further investigation in this study is needed.

Key Words: Brushing;LASIK