PURPOSE: To analyze visual and refractive outcomes of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in adult @entity1 with @entity346 . SETTING: Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Saint Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. METHODS: Photorefractive keratectomy was performed in both eyes of @entity1 with @entity346 under topical anesthesia using an eye-tracking excimer laser. @entity1 satisfaction was tested using a questionnaire. The main outcomes were a decrease in @entity2516 , an improvement in postoperative corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), and an uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) equal to or better than the preoperative UDVA. RESULTS: Twenty-two eyes of 11 @entity1 with @entity346 were evaluated. The mean @entity1 age was 30.82 years (range 22 to 42 years). All eyes had simple, compound, or mixed @entity940 (mean -3.40 D; range -0.75 to -6.00 diopters [D]). The mean postoperative @entity940 (-0.70 D    0.81 [SD]) and spherical equivalent (-0.420    0.652 D) were statistically significantly better than the preoperative values (-3.40    1.31 D and -3.426    3.343 D, respectively (P < .0001 and P = .0002, respectively). The mean monocular postoperative CDVA (0.24    0.19 logMAR) and UDVA (0.25    0.18 logMAR) were better than the mean preoperative CDVA (0.32    0.28 logMAR) (P = .0045 and P = .0338, respectively). The mean binocular postoperative UDVA was better than the mean preoperative CDVA (0.15    0.14 logMAR versus 0.23    0.23 logMAR) (P = .05). No @entity1 required repeat surgery. CONCLUSIONS: @entity346 @entity1 are eligible for PRK. The results were promising; gaining a few Snellen lines in visual acuity can be very important to these @entity1 for their daily life. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

Photorefractive keratectomy in 22 adult eyes with XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'Patient'] @entity346 :: ('MESH:D009759', 'Disease') :: ['infantile nystagmus syndrome', 'Nystagmus'] @entity940 :: ('MESH:D001251', 'Disease') :: ['astigmatism'] @entity2516 :: ('MESH:D012030', 'Disease') :: ['refractive error']
@entity346 :: (MESH:D009759,Disease) :: ['infantile nystagmus syndrome']
