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1: Ophthalmology. 2009 Apr;116(4):691-701.
LASIK world literature review: quality of life and patient satisfaction.
Solomon KD, Fernández de Castro LE, Sandoval HP, Biber JM, Groat B, Neff KD, Ying
MS, French JW, Donnenfeld ED, Lindstrom RL; Joint LASIK Study Task Force.
Collaborators: Abbott RL, Lum F, Masket S, Morse J, O'Brien TP, Pesudovs K,
Schallhorn SC, Skeens HM.
Magill Research Center for Vision Correction, Storm Eye Institute, Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
solomonk@musc.edu
PURPOSE: To analyze the patient reported outcome of satisfaction after LASIK
surgery. DESIGN: Systematic review. PARTICIPANTS: Patient data from previously
reported studies. METHODS: A literature search conducted for the years 1988 to
2008 that included pertinent LASIK surgery information from the review of 2915
retrieved citations. All abstracts from these citations were reviewed and 1581
were deemed to be relevant for review. Complete copies of each of these relevant
(1581) articles were obtained, and after thorough analysis each was rated based
on the strength of the study design and weight of evidence. A level I rating was
assigned to properly conducted, well-designed, randomized clinical trials; a
level II rating to well-designed cohort and case-control studies; and a level III
rating to case series, case reports, and poorly designed prospective and
retrospective studies. Level I and II rated, peer-reviewed articles were entered
into a database, and level III articles were eliminated. A total of 309 articles
were incorporated into this database, representing level I and level II
well-controlled studies of primary LASIK surgery. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
Patients' satisfaction rates and factors associated with dissatisfaction.
RESULTS: Nineteen of the 309 database articles (6.1%) reported on both patient
quality of life and satisfaction and together encompassed a total of 2198
subjects. The procedures from these 19 articles took place between 1995 and 2003.
The overall patient satisfaction rate after primary LASIK surgery was 95.4% (2097
of 2198 subjects; range of patient satisfaction for the 19 articles was
87.2%-100%). The patient satisfaction rate after myopic LASIK was 95.3% (1811 of
1901 patients), and after hyperopic LASIK was 96.3% (286 of 297 subjects).
CONCLUSIONS: Based on this review, worldwide, an average 95.4% of patients were
satisfied with their outcome after LASIK surgery. With 16.3 million procedures
performed worldwide, and more than a decade of clinical studies and technological
innovation, LASIK surgery should be considered among the most successful elective
procedures. LASIK surgery compares more favorably with other elective surgical
procedures in terms of generally higher satisfaction rates.
PMID: 19344821 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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