{"id":585,"date":"2025-06-24T12:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T12:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modinathemes.com\/geroz\/?p=585"},"modified":"2026-01-15T04:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:02:14","slug":"vision-performance-after-silk-surgery-key-study-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/vision-performance-after-silk-surgery-key-study-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Performance After SILK Surgery \u2014 Key Study Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title:<\/strong> An objective assessment of vision performance at different reading distances after smooth incision lenticular keratomileusis (SILK) for myopia<\/em> \u2013 Scientific Reports<\/em> (2025)
Authors:<\/strong> Rohit Shetty, Pooja Khamar, Raghav Narasimhan, Ritika Mullick, Anushree Bhatkal, Anisha Ramesh & Abhijit Sinha Roy<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccc Study Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This study evaluated how well patients see at distance, intermediate (60 cm), and near (40 cm) after Smooth Incision Lenticular Keratomileusis (SILK)<\/strong> refractive surgery for myopia. A total of 69 eyes<\/strong> were examined and compared with results from normal emmetropic eyes and eyes treated with LASIK.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f Key Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    Visual Acuity (VA):<\/strong>
    At distance and near<\/strong>, SILK eyes had similar VA<\/strong> to both emmetropic and LASIK eyes.
    At intermediate distances<\/strong>, SILK eyes performed significantly better than LASIK eyes<\/strong>, and their VA was comparable to emmetropic eyes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Refractive Errors:<\/strong>
    SILK eyes showed higher postoperative cylinder (astigmatism)<\/strong> at all distances compared with LASIK eyes (statistically significant).
    The proportion of eyes with mild residual spherical error<\/strong> after SILK was closer to that of emmetropic eyes than LASIK eyes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Higher Order Aberrations:<\/strong>
    Overall induction of higher order aberrations after SILK was minimal<\/strong>, and aberration levels were mostly comparable across the groups.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Depth of Field:<\/strong>
    The data suggest that SILK eyes may have a larger depth of field<\/strong>, likely contributing to better intermediate vision<\/strong> without compromising distance or near visual outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    \ud83d\udccc Conclusions<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      SILK surgery provides excellent visual performance<\/strong>, with comparable or superior intermediate vision<\/strong> compared to LASIK and outcomes closely resembling natural (emmetropic) eyes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Nomogram adjustments<\/strong> for spherical correction were effective, and zero cylinder adjustment appeared to support better intermediate results.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      The procedure induced minimal higher order aberrations<\/strong>, confirming its predictability and quality of vision outcomes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Title: An objective assessment of vision performance at different reading distances after smooth incision lenticular keratomileusis (SILK) for myopia \u2013 Scientific Reports (2025)Authors: Rohit Shetty, Pooja Khamar, Raghav Narasimhan, Ritika Mullick, Anushree Bhatkal, Anisha Ramesh & Abhijit Sinha Roy \ud83d\udccc Study Overview This study evaluated how well patients see at distance, intermediate (60 cm), and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications","tag-revolves","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426,"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions\/2426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pooja.plumead.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}