Effect of Intraoperative Corneal Stromal Pocket Irrigation in Small Incision Lenticule Extraction

Figure 2

Line graphs showing the mean percentage changes in the (a) total corneal thickness, (b) anterior lamellar thickness, and (c) posterior lamellar thickness at different time points for different groups. 0 h indicates immediately after surgery. Error bars represent standard deviations (SD). The mean SD values for different groups at different time points were shown (%). The LASIK group had a significantly greater increase in the total corneal thickness and anterior lamellar and posterior lamellar thickness compared to the SMILE with irrigation and without irrigation groups immediately after surgery. The level indicates the significance level when comparing the LASIK group (with irrigation and without irrigation) with other groups: and .

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