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

Table 6

Preoperative and postoperative keratocyte density (cell/mm²) after transepithelial PRK and LASEK.

Keratocyte density (cell/mm²)
Followup	Transepithelial PRK	LASEK	𝑃 value*
Preoperative	981±66	977±72	𝑃>0.05
1 month	363±50	484±48	𝑃<0.05
3 months	495±36	586±42	𝑃<0.05
6 months	601±45	629±52	𝑃>0.05

∗Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test.