Research Article

Dry Eye Disease following Refractive Surgery: A 12-Month Follow-Up of SMILE versus FS-LASIK in High Myopia

Table 4

SEEQ scores between SMILE and FS-LASIK.

Postop SEEQMean ± standard deviation value
SMILE ()FS-LASIK ()

1 month0.77 ± 0.731.56 ± 0.63<0.001
3 months0.34 ± 0.561.21 ± 0.51<0.001
6 months0.13 ± 0.340.49 ± 0.55<0.001
12 months0.04 ± 0.200.14 ± 0.140.109