Evaluation of Wide Corneal Epithelial Remodeling after Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) with Wide-Field Optical Coherence Tomography

Table 5

Correlation between spherical equivalent and corneal epithelial thickness parameters at six months postoperatively.

Parameter (μm)	r
ET of central zone	−0.231	0.066
ET of paracentral zone	−0.127	0.316
ET of mid-peripheral zone	0.023	0.859
Epithelial thickening of central zone	−0.313	0.012
Epithelial thickening of paracentral zone	−0.073	0.569
Epithelial thickening of mid-peripheral zone	0.081	0.523
Difference of mean ET between central and paracentral zone	−0.291	0.020
Difference of mean ET between central and mid-peripheral zone	0.218	0.084

ET: epithelial thickness.