Effects of SMILE Surgery on Intraocular Pressure, Central Corneal Thickness, Axial Length, Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer, and Macular Ganglion Cell Complex Thickness

Table 2

Mean peripapillary RNFL thickness (μm), RNFL thickness in 4 quadrants of optic papilla, mean macular GCC thickness and minimum macular GCC thickness before and 3 months after SMILE surgery.

Parameters	Preoperative (mean ± SD)	3 months postoperatively (mean ± SD)
RNFL avg	94.42 ± 8.26	95.16 ± 8.50
RNFL T	70.54 ± 17.33	70.80 ± 18.42
RNFL N	70.94 ± 11.85	69.44 ± 12.53
RNFL I	121.0 ± 14.71	120.5 ± 20.51
RNFL S	114.7 ± 11.92	117.7 ± 13.67
GCC avg	78.08 ± 11.00	79.78 ± 6.22
GCC min	78.54 ± 5.08	79.22 ± 5.14

RNFL avg, retinal nerve fiber layer average; RNFL T, retinal nerve fiber layer in temporal quadrant; RNFL N, retinal nerve fiber layer in nasal quadrant; RNFL I, retinal nerve fiber layer in inferior quadrant; RNFL S, retinal nerve fiber layer in superior quadrant; GCC avg, GC-IPL ganglion cell layer + inner plexiform layer average thickness; GCC min, GC-IPL ganglion cell layer + inner plexiform layer minimal thickness. Data are presented as mean ± SD.