Research Article

Comparison of the Clinical Outcomes between Combined Femtosecond Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and Corneal Cross Linking versus Combined Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction and Corneal Cross Linking

Table 1

Demographics and preoperative data in the 2 groups.

FS-LASIK XtraSMILE Xtrat value

Age(years)25.25 ± 4.6125.08 ± 5.260.0820.935
Female77
Male55
MRSE (diopters)−5.752 ± 1.71−5.297 ± 0.99−1.1310.265
UDVA (log MAR)1.336 ± 0.271.313 ± 0.150.3590.721
CDVA (log MAR)−0.02 ± 0.04−0.03 ± 0.040.6240.535
CCT (μm)528.54 ± 20.52531.58 ± 18.67−0.5370.594
K1 (diopters)44.13 ± 1.5744.65 ± 1.31−1.250.218
K2 (diopters)42.75 ± 1.5243.38 ± 1.44−1.4850.144
K mean (diopters)43.44 ± 1.5144.00 ± 1.36−1.3480.184
SRI0.16 ± 0.110.20 ± 0.18−0.8690.389
SAI0.33 ± 0.110.29 ± 0.131.0990.278
IOPcc15.15 ± 2.2915.15 ± 2.61−0.0060.995
IOPg13.28 ± 2.6013.83 ± 2.37−0.7720.444
CRF8.89 ± 1.359.44 ± 1.23−1.4530.153
CH9.39 ± 1.099.84 ± 1.30−1.3010.200
SimK mean43.47 ± 1.4644.05 ± 1.33−1.4170.163
Anterior instantaneous curvature43.17 ± 1.5243.80 ± 1.23−1.5610.125
Posterior axial curvature−6.24 ± 0.25−6.37 ± 0.231.7640.084

MRSE = manifest refractive spherical equivalent; UDVA = uncorrected distance visual acuity; CDVA = corrected distance visual acuity; CCT = central corneal thickness; SRI = surface regularity index; SAI = surface asymmetry index; IOPcc = corneal compensated intraocular pressure; IOPg = Goldmann correlated intraocular pressure; CRF = corneal resistance factor; and CH = corneal hysteresis.