2Goznuru Eye Hospital, Gaziantep, Türkiye DOI : 10.37844/TJ-CEO.2025.20.14 Purpose: To evaluate the results of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and transepithelial PRK (t-PRK) in moderate and low-grade myopia and astigmatism.
Materials and Methods: The records of 144 eyes of 72 t-PRK and 132 eyes of 66 PRK patients were retrospectively analysed. Pre and postoperative 36-month best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and refractive errors were recorded. Surgical values as well as postoperative epithelial healing and haze staging were also recorded.
Results: The average age of t-PRK patients was 28.29±6.8 years, and the average age in the PRK patient group was 28.15±5.0 years. The time to epithelial closure was significantly longer in the PRK group compared to the t-PRK group. T-PRK and PRK group showed significant improvement in postoperative BCVA, spherical and cylindrical refraction.
Conclusion: T-PRK and PRK procedure was found to be both effective and safe in our population group.
Keywords : Photorefractive keratectomy, transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy myopia, astigmatism, refractive surgery