Table 2 Comparison of basic parameters between the two groups.

From: Visual rehabilitation using rigid gas permeable contact lenses after femtosecond laser-assisted minimally invasive lamellar keratoplasty in patients with keratoconus

 

Number of eyes

UCVA

Flat K(D)

Steep K(D)

Kmax(D)

Sphere(D)

Cylinder(D)

Thinnest point thickness (µm)

CCT(µm)

Endothelial cell count (n/mm2)

FL-MILK

27

1.14 ± 0.31

52.51 ± 4.43

56.19 ± 4.46

65.93 ± 8.74

-7.22 ± 6.37

-4.44 ± 2.84

525.31 ± 81.20

616.39 ± 48.71

2407.06 ± 359.67

KC

23

1.01 ± 0.34

52.73 ± 3.09

57.37 ± 4.36

67.89 ± 7.29

-7.09 ± 5.07

-3.56 ± 1.48

425.68 ± 34.86

456.14 ± 33.69

2671.39 ± 334.75

T

 

1.489

-0.200

-0.944

-0.854

-0.080

-1.329

5.367

13.139

-1.604

P

 

0.143

0.842

0.350

0.397

0.937

0.190

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

0.115

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD
  2. FL-MILK femtosecond laser‑assisted minimally invasive lamellar keratoplasty, KC keratoconus, UCVA uncorrected visual acuity, CCT central corneal thickness
  3. *Significant differences