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Table 4 Postoperative astigmatism at the 3-month follow-up of 55 eyes

From: Early visual quality outcomes after small-incision lenticule extraction surgery for correcting high myopic astigmatism

Postoperative cylinder (D)

Absolute shift in axis (n)

 

≤5°

> 5°to≤10°

> 10°

total

0a

38

–

–

38

> 0.00 to≤ − 0.50

6

5

–

11

> 0.50 to≤ − 1.00

1

5

–

6

Total

45

10

–

55

  1. Axis shift was determined from the postoperative to preoperative cylinder axis
  2. aShifts were determined as 0 for eyes with zero residual cylinder magnitude
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BMC Ophthalmology

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