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. 2011 Apr 23;25(3):239–243. doi: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2011.04.002

Table 1.

Comparison between right and left eye intraoperative microkeratome complications.

Complication Right eye
Left eye
P value
n Incidence (%) n Incidence (%)
Incomplete pass 26 0.30 27 0.31 0.99
Buttonhole flap 6 0.07 11 0.13 0.33
Free complete flap 6 0.07 4 0.05 0.75
Free partial flap 2 0.023 4 0.05 0.70
Sluffed epithelium 1 0.01 1 0.01 0.99
Splitted flap 1 0.01



Total 42 0.49 49 0.55 0.53