Table 1 Demographic data and preoperative baseline characteristics.

No. of Eyes

50

50

–

No. of Patients

25

25

–

Age (years)^a

25.1 ± 1.4

25.4 ± 1.9

0.912

Range

20–35

20–37

Gender (Female/Male)

(16/9)

(17/8)

–

UDVA (logMAR)^a

1.04 ± 0.19

1.03 ± 0.23

0.948

CDVA (logMAR)^a

0.02 ± 0.006

0.02 ± 0.006

0.697

Manifest Sphere (D)^a

−2.42 ± 0.18

−2.37 ± 0.25

0.548

Range

From 0 to −5

Manifest Cylinder (D)^a

−1.50 ± 0.16

−1.26 ± 0.14

0.329

Range

From 0 to −4

From 0 to −4

MRSE (D)^a

−3.17 ± 1.14

−2.99 ± 1.61

0.269

Range

From −1 to −5.5

Central Epithelial Thickness (μm)^a

52.68 ± 2.21

53.24 ± 1.82

0.096

Range

49–56

50–57

Calculated depth of ablation (μm)^a

61.76 ± 15.38

61.34 ± 23.37

0.694

Range

31–88

23–108

Schirmer I test (mm)^a

16.66 ± 0.9

16.42 ± 1.0

0.234

Range

15–18

15–19

TBUT (seconds)^a

12.04 ± 0.79

11.88 ± 0.79

0.275

Range

10 to 13

10 to 14