Research Article
Clinical Observation of Silicon Hydrogel Contact Lens Fitted Immediately after Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)
Table 1
Participants’ baseline demographics.
| Group | n | Age | Gender | Spherical power (D) | Cylindrical power (D) | Ablation depth (μm) | Females (%) |
| A | 59 | 27.17 ± 5.91 | 38 (62.3) | 5.15 ± 1.77 | 0.94 ± 0.58 | 114.98 ± 23.27 | B | 60 | 26.98 ± 5.91 | 36 (60.0) | 4.94 ± 1.54 | 0.87 ± 0.67 | 112.55 ± 25.48 | C | 59 | 27.23 ± 6.05 | 39 (66.1) | 5.45 ± 1.80 | 0.96 ± 0.77 | 116.88 ± 25.74 | F/χ2 | | 0.026 | 0.545 | 2.419 | 0.474 | 0.767 | | | 0.974 | 0.761 | 0.091 | 0.623 | 0.465 |
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(Mean ± SD, N = 178). Group A: wore BCLs for 8 hours, group B: wore BCLs for 24 hours, and group C: no BCL wear.
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