16 February 2023>: Clinical Research
Comparison of Vision Correction and Corneal Thickness at 180-Day Follow-Up After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (FS-LASIK), Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK), and Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE): A Study from a Single Center in Poland of 120 Patients with Myopia
Dominika Janiszewska-Bil 123ABCEF* , Barbara Czarnota-Nowakowska 4BCF , Beniamin Oskar Grabarek 5CDE , Dariusz Dobrowolski 167DF , Edward Wylęgała 8F , Anita Lyssek-Boroń 129ADOI: 10.12659/MSM.939099
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939099
Table 8 Changes in corneal epithelial thickness in the first 180 days after laser vision correction surgery in patients after SMILE.
Myopia | Place of corneal | 0 day | 1 day | 7 days | 60 days | 180 days | p-value ANOVA test |
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General | Centrum (μm) | 53.23±5.01 | 53.52±5.50 | 53.93±5.41 | 54.01±4.70 | 54.01±4.71 | >0.05 |
Mild | 53.19±4.19 | 53.27±4.09 | 53.89±3.56 | 53.98±3.48 | 53.96±3.98 | ||
Severe | 53.32±3.76 | 53.81±4.98 | 53.99±3.17 | 54.08±4.81 | 54.12±3.99 | ||
General | Item 12 (μm) | 52.13±4.91 | 52.21±4.63 | 52.84±5.02 | 52.82±4.90 | 52.60±4.14 | >0.05 |
Mild | 52.07±3.98 | 52.14±3.12 | 52.79±4.56 | 52.71±4.11 | 52.51±4.01 | ||
Severe | 52.16±3.12 | 52.25±3.132 | 52.89±4.18 | 52.92±4.51 | 52.69±4.34 | ||
General | Item 6 (μm) | 52.31±4.72 | 52.41±4.91 | 52.53±4.61 | 52.90±4.81 | 52.97±3.72 | >0.05 |
Mild | 52.28±3.12 | 52.31±3.56 | 52.47±4.12 | 52.77±4.11 | 52.93±4.17 | ||
Severe | 52.41±4.01 | 52.56±4.16 | 52.71±4.19 | 52.96±3.48 | 53.02±34.19 | ||
General | Item 3 (μm) | 51.82±5.14 | 51.82±5.25 | 51.99±5.20 | 51.93±4.95 | 51.95±5.41 | >0.05 |
Mild | 51.72±4.15 | 51.72±4.10 | 51.96±3.45 | 51.88±343 | 51.90±3.45 | ||
Severe | 51.91±3.01 | 51.93±3.12 | 52.06±3.42 | 51.99±4.14 | 52.00±4.11 | ||
General | Item 9 (μm) | 52.10±5.32 | 52.10±5.63 | 52.22±5.11 | 52.81±5.33 | 52.72±4.30 | >0.05 |
Mild | 52.03±4.98 | 52.04±4.15 | 52.15±5.09 | 52.80±4.57 | 52.65±4.12 | ||
Severe | 52.17±3.98 | 52.21±5.01 | 52.29±3.98 | 52.92±319 | 52.84±4.56 | ||
Data are presented as mean±standard deviation; SMILE – refractive lenticule extraction small incision lenticule extraction. |