Clinical Evaluation of LASEK for High Myopia Correction between the Triple-A Profile and the Zyoptix Tissue Saving Profile

Table 1

Patient characteristics before surgery.

	Triple-A group		TS group
Sex	Female (48%)	Male (52%)	Female (47.6%)	Male (52.4%)	0.157
Age (years)	Mean: 26.48 ± 4.39	Range: 18∼35	Mean: 25.86 ± 4.65	Range: 20∼37	0.511
MRSE (D)	Mean: −7.33 ± 0.88	Range: −6.00∼−9.00	Mean: −7.66 ± 0.72	Range: −6.25 ± −9.00	0.056
Cylinder (D)	Mean: −1.03 ± 0.45	Range: 0∼−2.00	Mean: −1.15 ± 0.79	Range: 0∼−3.00	0.370
Dark pupil size	Mean: 5.91 ± 0.50	Range: 4.75∼6.75	Mean: 5.99 ± 0.46	Range: 5∼6.75	0.470
Optical zone	Mean: 6.46 ± 0.25	Range: 6.0∼6.7	Mean: 6.47 ± 0.24	Range: 6∼6.7	0.763

Note. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. D means diopter.