Femto LASIK
a popular approach to LASIK surgery, with several platforms available to ophthalmic surgeons. Claims made in favour of femtosecond LASIK include more accurate flap creation and better safety. A new meta-analysis questions these claims. A look at seven prospective randomised controlled trials describing a total of 577 eyes with myopia showed no significant differences in the efficacy, accuracy, or safety with using femtosecond or conventional microkeratomes. However, postoperative total aberrations were significantly lower in eyes that had femtosecond LASIK.
Z Zhang et al., JCRS, “Femtosecond laser versus mechanical microkeratome laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials “,Volume 37, Issue 12, 2151-2159.
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