Effect of Mitomycin C on Myopic versus Astigmatic Photorefractive Keratectomy

Table 2

A 1-year postoperative comparison between the MMC and non-MMC groups.

	With MMC		value	Without MMC		value
	Simple myopia	Astigmatism		Simple myopia	Astigmatism
UCVA	0 ± 0	0.036 ± 0.137		0.1 ± 0.141	0 ± 0
BCVA	0 ± 0	0.036 ± 0.137		0.05 ± 0.070	0 ± 0
Refractive error	0 ± 0	0.004 ± 0.102		−0.028 ± 0.08	−0.016 ± 0.056
K-reading	39.23 ± 2.1	39.33 ± 1.7		40.58 ± 1.230	40.98 ± 1.355
Haze formation	0	0	No difference	0.14 ± 0.287	0.31 ± 0.32

BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity; K-reading: keratometry reading; MMC: mitomycin C; UCVA: uncorrected visual acuity.