Review Article
Laser-Assisted Subepithelial Keratectomy versus Laser In Situ Keratomileusis in Myopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Quality appraisal of included studies.
| | | de Benito-Llopis et al. [1] | Kaya et al. [2] | Kirwan and O’Keefe [3] | Chung et al. [4] | Tobaigy et al. [5] | Richter-Mueksch et al. [6] | Tietjen et al. [7] | Teus et al. [8] | Kim et al. [9] | Buzzonetti et al. [10] | Kim et al. [11] | Kim et al. [12] |
| | Prospective (?) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | | Randomization (?) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | | Concealed allocation (?) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Blinded outcome assessors
(?) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Completeness of
follow-up (?) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | One patient treated with
two surgeries (?) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | | Similar MRSE (?) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Similar BCVA (?) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | | Similar pachymetry (?) | Unclear | Yes | No | Unclear | No | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | No | Unclear | | One surgeon (?) | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | | One machine (?) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Timing of the outcome assessment similar (?) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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