Surgical Treatment of Epiblepharon Effectively Alleviates Keratopathy but Not Astigmatism: A Case-Control Study Utilizing Vector Analysis in East Asian Children
Table 4
Refractive and keratometric change of J0 and J45 from Thibos and Horner’s power vector analysis at 3 and 6 months after treatment.
Children with epiblepharon
Surgical treatment
Nonsurgical treatment
value
3 months after treatment
Number of eyes
83
61
Refractive
J0 change
−0.12 ± 0.56
−0.01 ± 0.28
0.07
J45 change
−0.01 ± 0.38
−0.03 ± 0.25
0.39
Keratometric
J0 change
−0.06 ± 0.44
−0.05 ± 0.44
0.45
J45 change
0.004 ± 0.32
−0.01 ± 0.31
0.41
6 months after treatment
Number of eyes
82
51
Refractive
J0 change
−0.10 ± 0.39
0.03 ± 0.42
0.03
J45 change
0.01 ± 0.32
0.06 ± 0.31
0.25
Keratometric
J0 change
−0.17 ± 0.50
−0.01 ± 0.40
0.03
J45 change
0.002 ± 0.34
−0.10 ± 0.37
0.05
SD, standard deviation. values were calculated using Student’s t-test. < 0.05.
