Corneal Stability following Hyperopic LASIK with Advanced Laser Ablation Profiles Analyzed by a Light Propagation Study

Table 2

Preoperative and postoperative visual, refractive, and objective outcomes 12 months after hyperopic LASIK^a,b,c (group 1, SE ≤ 3).

	Pre	3 months	12 months	pre/3 mon/12 mon)	(pre/3 mon)	(pre/12 mon)	(3 mon/12 mon)
Eyes (n)	9
Age	37.56 ± 7.41 (27 to 45)
UDVA (logMAR)	0.29 ± 0.28 (0.00 to 0.82)	0.04 ± 0.05 (0.00 to 0.15)	0.03 ± 0.07 (0.00 to 0.22)	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.40
CDVA (logMAR)	0.01 ± 0.02 (0.00 to 0.07)	0.01 ± 0.02 (0.00 to 0.05)	0.02 ± 0.07 (0.00 to 0.22)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
SPH (D)	3.03 ± 0.88 (1.75 to 4.50)	0.25 ± 0.31 (−0.25 to 0.75)	0.33 ± 0.48 (0.00 to 1.50)	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.69
CYL (D)	−2.31 ± 1.45 (−4.75 to −0.50)	−0.53 ± 0.29 (−1.00 to −0.25)	−0.50 ± 0.27 (−1.00 to −0.25)	<0.01	0.02	0.01	1.0
SE (D)	1.88 ± 0.73 (0.63 to 2.88)	0.01 ± 0.43 (−0.50 to 0.63)	0.08 ± 0.40 (−0.25 to 1.13)	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.53
OCP r3 (D)	43.33 ± 1.08 (41.91 to 44.67)	45.67 ± 1.42 (43.63 to 47.52)	45.42 ± 1.45 (43.21 to 47.63)	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.30
OCP r4.5 (D)	43.41 ± 1.07 (42.01 to 44.76)	45.61 ± 1.37 (43.53 to 47.57)	45.35 ± 1.46 (43.01 to 47.52)	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.36

UDVA = uncorrected distance visual acuity; CDVA = corrected distance visual acuity; SPH = sphere; CYL = cylinder; SE = spherical equivalent; OCP r3 = objective corneal power radius 3 mm; OCP r4.5 = objective corneal power radius 4.5 mm. ^aValues shown as mean ± standard deviation (range). ^bFriedman test. ^cWilcoxon test with Bonferroni correction ().