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. 2023 Feb;37(2):373-374.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-022-02209-w. Epub 2022 Aug 20.

Longitudinal evaluation of corneal tomography after small incision lenticule extraction

Vannarut Satitpitakul  1 , Patraramon Chotikkakamthorn  2 , Jirat Suwanwatana  3 , Ngamjit Kasetsuwan  2 , Vilavun Puangsricharern  2 , Usanee Reinprayoon  2
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Longitudinal evaluation of corneal tomography after small incision lenticule extraction

Vannarut Satitpitakul et al. Eye (Lond). 2023 Feb.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Anterior and posterior corneal parameters at pre-operative and post-operative visits of all participants.
A anterior keratometric power, B anterior corneal asphericity, C maximal anterior elevation, D posterior keratometric power, E maximal posterior elevation. P value compared pre-operative with post-operative visits using generalize estimated equation and Bonferroni pairwise comparison.
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