Six-month clinical outcomes in LASIK for high myopia with aspheric «aberration neutral» ablations using the AMARIS laser system

Laser corneal refractive surgery is based on the use of a laser (typically an excimer one) to change the corneal curvature to compensate for refractive errors of the eye1. It has become the most successful technique, mainly due to the submicron precision and the high repeatability of the ablation of the cornea accompanied by minimal side effects. One of the most significant side-effects in myopic LASIK is the induction of spherical aberration2, which causes halos and reduced contrast sensitivity3. To avoid the induction of spherical aberration, so-called «customized» treatments were developed. Customization of the ablation is possible either using wavefront measurements of the whole eye4