Abstract:Objective To evaluate the of corneal aberration and surface aberration among eyes after Lasik surgery for long or short term and normal eyes. Methods Patients undergoing the Lasik surgery from January 1995 to December 2008 were selected as long-term group, patients undergoing Lasik flapped with femtosecond laser 1 month ago were short-term group, and subjects with normal eyes were control group. Using Pentacam analytic system to measure the corneal aberrations and surface aberrations, and the data were compared among 3 groups. Results Compared with the control group and the short-term group, spherical aberration and coma aberration of anterior corneal surface and whole corneal surface, trefoil and whole aberration in the long-term group increased (P < 0.05). The value of posterior corneal surface coma aberration, trefoil and whole aberration in long-term group were higher than those in short-term and control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions The anterior surface and whole corneal aberration after Lasik surgery are higher than those of normal eyes, and the aberration of long-term group is higher than that of short-term group. The increased of aberration after surgery is related to the created of corneal flap, the ablation of corneal stromal bed, the parameters of laser and the wound healing after surgery.