Research Article

Changes in Retinal Vasculature and Thickness after Small Incision Lenticule Extraction with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

Table 3

Peripapillary RNFL and macular thickness values before and after surgery (μm).

Before surgery1 day after surgery2 weeks after surgery1 month after surgery

Peripapillary RNFL
Mean115.50 ± 12.63117.33 ± 12.99119.53 ± 16.44116.75 ± 12.530.5893
Superior137.04 ± 16.47137.96 ± 17.60140.16 ± 15.34139.14 ± 15.810.7312
Inferior139.87 ± 16.08142.68 ± 18.55141.76 ± 15.54141.53 ± 15.700.9236
Temporal89.41 ± 15.9089.75 ± 12.3887.06 ± 12.8187.18 ± 14.070.7014
Nasal99.52 ± 22.04104.67 ± 30.64109.56 ± 41.97102.86 ± 22.440.3786

Macular thickness
Foveal244.46 ± 17.47244.22 ± 17.51245.07 ± 18.17243.59 ± 17.280.9902
Parafoveal321.15 ± 11.07320.57 ± 10.74320.05 ± 11.71319.86 ± 11.830.9047
Perifoveal279.78 ± 9.06279.02 ± 9.17279.14 ± 10.34279.05 ± 10.140.9241

RNFL, retinal nerve fiber layer.