A Clinical and Confocal Microscopic Comparison of Transepithelial PRK and LASEK for Myopia

Table 2

Visual acuity after transepithelial PRK and LASEK.

Uncorrected visual acuity (percentage of eyes)
	Transepithelial PRK		LASEK		𝑃 value*
	≥20/25	≥20/20	≥20/25	≥20/20
Preoperative^†	100	83	100	83	𝑃>0.05
1 month	100	58	100	75	𝑃>0.05
3 months	100	83	100	83	𝑃>0.05
6 and 12 months	100	92	100	92	𝑃>0.05

†Best spectacle-corrected visual acuity; *Chi-square test.