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Table 3 Correlations between SE and induced corneal HOAs after SMILE surgery

From: Corneal higher-order aberrations of the anterior surface, posterior surface, and total cornea after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE): high myopia versus mild to moderate myopia

Cornea aberrations

r

p

RMS HOA (CF)

−0.631

0.000

RMS HOA (CB)

0.011

0.867

RMS HOA (cornea)

−0.648

0.000

Oblique trefoil Z3,3 (CF)

0.047

0.516

Horizontal coma Z3.1 (CF)

0.028

0.692

Vertical coma Z3.-1 (CF)

0.616

0.000

Vertical trefoil Z3.-3 (CF)

0.076

0.290

Spherical aberration Z4,0 (CF)

−0.582

0.000

Oblique trefoil Z3, 3 (CB)

−0.046

0.517

Horizontal coma Z3, 1 (CB)

0.026

0.718

Vertical coma Z3, − 1 (CB)

−0.323

0.000

Vertical trefoil Z3, −3 (CB)

−0.060

0.398

Spherical aberration Z4, 0 (CB)

0.037

0.601

Oblique trefoil Z 3, 3 (cornea)

0.027

0.702

Horizontal coma Z3,1 (cornea)

0.026

0.715

Vertical coma Z3, −1 (cornea)

0.613

0.000

Vertical trefoil Z3,-3 (cornea)

0.070

0.329

Spherical aberration Z4, 0 (cornea)

0.561

0.000

  1. RMS-HOA-CF: third-order to eight-order aberrations of anterior corneal surface (cornea front, CF); RMS-HOA-cornea: third-order to eight-order aberrations of total corneal surface; RMS-HOA-CB: third-order to eight-order aberrations of posterior corneal surface (cornea back, CB)