Abstract:Objective To compare the long-term changes of visual quality for patients with low to moderate myopia after femtosecond laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) or orthokeratology (OK).Methods A total of 86 adult patients with low to moderate myopia admitted to our hospital from October 2018 to August 2019 were selected and divided into FS-LASIK group (n = 43) and OK group (n = 43), and measurements were made on the right eyes. The uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), spherical power, cylindrical power and objective visual quality parameters including objective scatter index (OSI), modulation transfer function (MTF), Strehl ratio (SR) and optical quality analysis system (OQAS) values (OV100%, OV20%, and OV9%) were measured at baseline and 1, 3, 6 month(s) and one year after treatment, respectively.Results The repeated measures analysis of variance was used to compare parameters at different time points between the FS-LASIK group and OK group. The results showed that there was a significant difference in UCVA among different time points (P < 0.05), while there was no significant difference in UCVA between the two groups (P > 0.05) or in the change trend of UCVA (P > 0.05). The spherical and cylindrical powers were significantly different respectively at different time points (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in spherical powers between the two groups (P > 0.05), while cylindrical powers exhibited significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.05). Similarly, the change trend of cylindrical powers (P < 0.05) rather than that of spherical powers (P > 0.05) was different, Furthermore, MTF, OSI, SR, OV100%, OV20% and OV9% were statistically different between the two groups (P < 0.05), and also different among different time points in each group (P < 0.05). There was no difference in the change trends of MTF, SR, OV100%, OV20% and OV9% (P > 0.05), while the change trend of OSI showed significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.05).Conclusions Patients treated with FS-LASIK and OK both showed a decline in objective visual quality in the early stage after treatment, and there was a trend of improvement over time. There was no significant difference in the improvement of UCVA after FS-LASIK or OK in patients with low to moderate myopia, but FS-LASIK had better effects on cylindrical refractive correction and objective visual quality.