Clinical Study

Corneal Backscatter Analysis by In Vivo Confocal Microscopy: Fellow Eye Comparison of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction and Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK

Table 3

Maximum backscattered light intensity depth.

SMILE ( )Femto-LASIK ( )
Mean ( m) ± SDMean ( m) ± SD

Week 1 0.180
Month 1 0.235
Month 3* 0.02
Month 6* 0.01

Independent samples t test.
n: number of eyes; µm: micrometer; SD: standard deviation.
*The difference between the two groups is statistically significant.