Researchers conducted this study to compare visual and refractive outcomes, changes in IOP, and complications of FLACS to CPS in paired eyes from the same patients.
This secondary analysis included 110 paired eyes from 55 patients randomized into either FLACS or CPS groups. Outcomes were recorded at baseline and postoperatively during a 3-month follow-up period.
Uncorrected distance visual acuity and corrected distance visual acuity were similar between FLACS and CPS over the follow-up period. The mean absolute refractive error was not significantly different between the two groups at postoperative month one and month 3. IOP was statistically higher in the FLACS group on postoperative day 1. However, it was similar between the two groups, subsequently. Postoperatively, researchers observed one point of newly developed glaucoma in the FLACS group and one case of retinal tears in the CPS group.
The study concluded that 3-month postoperative refractive and visual outcomes were comparable between FLACS and CPS in paired eyes from the same patients. The complication rate was low in the study population.
Reference: https://bjo.bmj.com/content/104/11/1596
