Patients older than age 55 years experienced visual improvement after keratorefractive lenticule extraction but did not improve as much as younger patients, according to a study published in Journal of Refractive Surgery.
Lukas Neuhann, MD, of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Hospital, Munich, Germany, and colleagues wrote that differences in outcomes for keratorefractive lenticule extraction (KLEx) could differ because of increased corneal stiffness in older patients.
“To date, only a few isolated studies have investigated the influence of patient age on KLEx outcomes or compared the outcomes in