Table 5 Surgical and postoperative complications (%)
LASIK | LASEK | PRK | RLE | Phakic IOL AC | Epi-LASIK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intraoperative complications (%) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Corneal complications | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Flap-related | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Implant-related | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.4 |
Intraocular complications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0 |
PCR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Endothelium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0. |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 |
Postoperative complications (%) | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
DLK | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Implant-related | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
Corneal edema | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
Optical error | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
Haze | 0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
Elevated IOP | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0 |
Infection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
Retinal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 |
Ectasia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cataract | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
Other | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
All complications (%) | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 4.6 |