[Retracted] A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Masked Controlled Clinical Trial of Postoperative Pain after Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy (Trans-PRK)

Table 2

Effect of intraoperative rinse on postoperative pain scores (n = 370 eyes) ().

	Aqua astricta group	Room temperature saline group	t	value
Pain scores at the end of surgery	2.20 ± 2.04	2.83 ± 2.08	−2.96	<0.01
Pain scores on first postoperative day	1.77 ± 1.93	2.06 ± 1.96	−1.44	0.15
Pain scores on second postoperative day	0.65 ± 1.14	0.77 ± 1.21	−0.92	0.36
Pain scores on third postoperative day	0.14 ± 0.6	0.19 ± 0.63	−0.75	0.45