[
    {
        "id": "osp-12003",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Early visual and clinical outcomes of transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy versus transepithelial keratectomy with smart pulse technology for myopia",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Alkadi",
                "given": "Turad"
            },
            {
                "family": "Alanazi",
                "given": "Samar"
            },
            {
                "family": "Algwaiz",
                "given": "Abdulrahman"
            },
            {
                "family": "Alyahya",
                "given": "Salman"
            },
            {
                "family": "Binyousef",
                "given": "Faris"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/early-visual-and-clinical-outcomes-of-transepithelial-photorefractive-keratectomy-versus-transepithelial-keratectomy-with-smart-pulse-technology-for-m",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2024
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Journal of Ophthalmology",
        "volume": "17",
        "issue": "3",
        "page": "337-341",
        "DOI": "10.4103/ojo.ojo_212_23",
        "publisher": "Medknow Publications",
        "ISSN": "0974-620X",
        "abstract": "Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare early visual outcomes, epithelial healing, and stromal haze between transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (Trans-PRK) using smart pulse technology (SPT) with traditional Trans-PRK.\n\nMethodology: This study is a retrospective, comparative study conducted at a private eye center in \"Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,\" investigating myopic patients who underwent either Trans-PRK with SPT (study group) or traditional Trans-PRK (control group). The patients were assessed preoperatively and followed up at 1 week and 2 months postoperatively. The main outcomes included uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), corneal haze, and corneal epithelial defect.\n\nResults: This study included 501 eyes, of them, 222 eyes (44.3%) underwent Trans-PRK with SPT. The UDVA in the study group was significantly better 1 week postoperatively (P < 0.05). For the 2-month follow-up visits, there was no significant difference between the groups. Epithelium healing and stromal haze were comparable in the two groups without significant differences between them.\n\nConclusion: Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy with SPT yielded better short-term visual outcomes than traditional Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy."
    }
]