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Table 1 Baseline and 3-month postoperative parameters in arm A (n = 39 bilateral cases) and arm B (n = 33 bilateral cases)

From: Comparison of transepithelial and conventional photorefractive keratectomy in myopic and myopic astigmatism patients: a randomized contralateral trial

  

Arm A

Arm B

tPRK

mPRK

P-value*

tPRK

aaPRK

P-value*

UDVA (logMAR)

Baseline

1.37 ± 0.35

1.33 ± 0.36

0.03

1.46 ± 0.31

1.39 ± 0.33

0.008

Postoperative

0.02 ± 0.04

0.02 ± 0.04

0.71

0.02 ± 0.04

0.01 ± 0.02

0.72

BCVA (logMAR)

Baseline

0.001 ± 0.001

0.003 ± 0.016

0.31

0.00 ± 0.01

0.00 ± 0.00

0.33

Postoperative

0.01 ± 0.04

0.02 ± 0.03

0.17

0.01 ± 0.02

0.00 ± 0.00

0.80

SE (D)

Baseline

−4.52 ± 1.26

−4.36 ± 1.31

0.08

−4.55 ± 1.14

−4.33 ± 1.16

0.14

Postoperative

0.27 ± 0.42

0.29 ± 0.37

0.67

0.33 ± 0.47

0.26 ± 0.36

0.27

Sphere (D)

Baseline

−4.02 ± 1.16

−3.78 ± 1.24

0.01

−4.03 ± 1.17

−3.76 ± 1.10

0.06

Postoperative

0.47 ± 0.39

0.47 ± 0.38

0.92

0.52 ± 0.48

0.49 ± 0.34

0.91

Cylinder (D)

Baseline

−1.01 ± 0.77

−1.15 ± 0.77

0.05

−1.03 ± 0.82

−1.14 ± 0.74

0.30

Postoperative

−0.41 ± 0.30

−0.33 ± 0.20

0.13

−0.36 ± 0.29

−0.48 ± 0.32

0.07

  1. tPRK Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy, mPRK Mechanical PRK, aaPRK Alcohol-assisted PRK, UDVA Uncorrected distance visual acuity, CDVA Corrected distance visual acuity, SE Spherical equivalent, D Diopter
  2. *Paired t test
  3. Data are presented as Mean ± SD