Clinical Study

Wavefront-Guided Photorefractive Keratectomy with the Use of a New Hartmann-Shack Aberrometer in Patients with Myopia and Compound Myopic Astigmatism

Table 1

Patient satisfaction questionnaire (follow-up: 3.1 ± 0.9 months, patients).

QuestionsResponses

Thinking about your vision during the last week, how satisfied are you with your vision? (without the use of glasses or contact lenses)
 Very satisfied58.1%
 Satisfied36.7%
 Neither 2.9%
 Dissatisfied1.8%
 Very dissatisfied0.5%
Because of your eyesight, how much difficulty do you have driving at night?
 No difficulty at all61.0%
 A little difficulty23.6%
 Moderate difficulty5.9%
 A lot of difficulty0.4%
 I am unable to drive at night because of my vision0.4%
 I do not drive at night for other reasons8.8%
Would you recommend vision correction surgery to your friends and relatives?
 Yes95.5%
 No4.5%

Visual phenomenaMean ± SD (median)

Night vision phenomena scores measured on scale from 1 (no difficulty) to 7 (severe difficulty)
 Starburst1.55 ± 0.99 (1)
 Glare1.57 ± 0.95 (1)
 Halo1.50 ± 0.92 (1)
 Ghosting/double vision1.38 ± 0.89 (1)
Dry eye symptoms rated on scan from 1 (no difficulty) to 7 (severe difficulty)
 Dry eye score (mean ± SD (median))2.17 ± 1.31 (2)