ICL vs LASIK

Abstract

Purpose: To compare the findings of moderate and high myopia correction using excimer laser vs ICL. Methods: The 108 eyes of 57 patients were treated with ICL implantation and 2688 eyes of 1376 patients were undergone LASIK to correct low and high myopia. Sperical equivalent (SE) from 5.0 to 18.0 D, astigmatism (A) from 0.5 to 6.0 D in ICL cases and (SE) from 3.5 to 12.0 D, astigmatism (A) from 0.5 to 6.0 D in Lasik cases. Results: In every case Post Op UCVA was 20/40 or more. In 3% the loss of 2 lines of acuity was observed in LASIK group. VA lost by the two line. UCVA was higher in ICL cases. UCVA 20/20/ was achieved in 78.9% with ICL and in 63.4% with LASIK correction. (p<0.001). No serious complications were observed. Conclusion: Phakic ICL implantation is a good alternative of LASIK for high myopia correction. It has It has high capacity and characterized by a low degree of high order aberrations that resulted in high quality of visual acuity. Moreover the procedure is reversible if necessary.