Effects of varying illumination on ocular aberrations and aberration compensation before and after small incision Lenticule extraction: a prospective cohort study

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Background: There are few reports regarding the influence of varying illumination on the compensation effect before and after corneal refractive surgery. We aimed to evaluate the changes in refraction, higher-order aberrations, and aberration compensation between mesopic and photopic illumination before and after small incision lenticule extraction. Methods: In this prospective cohort study, only the right eyes of patients who underwent small incision lenticule extraction for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism at the Tianjin Eye Hospital were included. Wavefront refraction and higher-order aberrations were measured preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively under mesopic and photopic illumination. Compensation factors were calculated as 1 − (aberration of the whole eye/aberration of the anterior corneal surface). Results: Forty patients undergoing small incision lenticule extraction were enrolled. All surgeries were completed without postoperative complications. Preoperatively, the eyes only had a statistically significantly higher (t = − 4.589, p 0.5 D). Only postoperative eyes exhibited statistically significant elevations (t ≥ 4.081, p < .001) in higher-order aberrations under mesopic illumination, and only preoperative eyes exhibited statistically significantly enhanced (χ2 = 6.373, p =.01 for fourth-order and χ2 = 11.850, p =.001 for primary spherical aberrations) and decreased (χ2 = 13.653, p =.001 for horizontal trefoil) compensation factors under mesopic illumination. Conclusions: Exaggerations in higher-order aberrations and myopic shift after small incision lenticule extraction became apparent under mesopic illumination. Slight undercorrection may have an enhanced effect under low illumination and may reduce night vision. The specific changes in compensation effects in preoperative eyes may improve optical quality under mesopic illumination. Postoperative eyes have reduced compensation ability, specifically for spherical aberrations, under mesopic illumination, which may diminish night vision. Further studies that include the measurement of subjective night vision parameters should be conducted.

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Hao, W., Wang, Y., Cui, T., Ning, W., Zhu, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Effects of varying illumination on ocular aberrations and aberration compensation before and after small incision Lenticule extraction: a prospective cohort study. BMC Ophthalmology, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-021-02084-1

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