Wavefront‐guided LASIK vs wavefront‐guided PRK: Loss of 1 or more lines of BSCVA at 12 months post treatment
It is very uncertain whether wavefront‐guided LASIK changes proportion of eyes that had lost 1 or more lines of best… compared with wavefront‐guided PRK (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Wavefront‐guided LASIK vs wavefront‐guided PRK Proportion of eyes that had lost 1 or more lines of best spectacle‐corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) posttreatment. ‐ 12 months · Adults with refractive errors It is very uncertain whether wavefront‐guided LASIK changes proportion of eyes that had lost 1 or more lines of best… compared with wavefront‐guided PRK (very low certainty). Wavefront excimer laser refractive surgery for adults with refractive errors (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.03 [0.93, 1.15] | 1 study · 66 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wavefront excimer laser refractive surgery for adults with refractive errors 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.