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. 2016 Nov 28;6:37570. doi: 10.1038/srep37570

Table 2. Summary of the mean values of clinical ocular surface parameters and optical coherence tomography-defined tear meniscus dimensions from pre-operation to 3 months post-operation.

  N Pre-operation 3 months post-operation p Value
Ocular surface disease index 36 58.11 ± 19.36 18.27 ± 11.67 <0.001
Tear film break-up time (s) 36 1.86 ± 0.81 5.53 ± 2.22 <0.001
Corneal fluorescein staining scores 36 1.05 ± 0.54 0.16 ± 0.15 <0.001
Schirmer’s I test (mm) 36 6.29 ± 2.93 7.92 ± 2.58 0.286
Corneal surface irregularity 36 0.026 ± 0.003 0.019 ± 0.011 0.032
Tear meniscus area (μm2) 36 641.28 ± 339.57 3,256.42 ± 4,884.98 0.019