Corneal Thickness Changes After Refractive Surgery

All patients underwent optical coherence tomography of the anterior segment of the eye (AS-OCT) (DRI OCT, Triton, Topcon, Warsaw, Poland) before surgery (0 day) and on the 1^st, 7^th, 60^th, and 180^th days after surgery, which allowed for obtaining images of the patients’ corneas before and after the PRK, FS-LASIK, and SMILE procedures. CET was assessed at the center and at a distance of 1.5 mm from the center in 4 meridians: positions 12, 6, 3, and 9. The CET measurement is performed based on a pachymetric map of the cornea. The pachymetric map provides a color map over its entire area from seam to seam. Its numerical value is expressed in μm.

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Janiszewska-Bil D., Czarnota-Nowakowska B., Grabarek B.O., Dobrowolski D., Wylęgała E, & Lyssek-Boroń A. (2023). Comparison of Vision Correction and Corneal Thickness at 180-Day Follow-Up After Femtosecond Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (FS-LASIK), Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK), and Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE): A Study from a Single Center in Poland of 120 Patients with Myopia. Medical Science Monitor : International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research, 29, e939099-1-e939099-14.

Publication 2023

Anterior segment of the eye Cornea Lasik Meridians Optical coherence tomography Patients Surgery

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Other organizations : Medical University of Silesia

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independent variables

Surgical procedure (PRK, FS-LASIK, SMILE)

dependent variables

Corneal epithelium thickness (CET) at the center
Corneal epithelium thickness (CET) at a distance of 1.5 mm from the center in 4 meridians: positions 12, 6, 3, and 9

control variables

Time points of CET measurement (0 day, 1st, 7th, 60th, and 180th days after surgery)

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