Table 4. The comparisons of TBUT between the SMILE and FS-LASIK group postoperatively.
Time | n | 1mo | 3mo | 6mo | 1y | 2y | 3y | F | P |
SMILE | 78 | 8.56±1.04 | 9.59±1.10 | 10.01±1.04 | 10.22±0.98 | 10.38±1.00 | 10.44±1.04 | 36.776 | 0.000 |
FS-LASIK | 65 | 4.35±1.32 | 5.95±0.91 | 9.65±0.96 | 10.06±1.09 | 10.11±1.05 | 10.37± 0.96 | 390.530 | 0.000 |
t | - | 20.921 | 21.295 | 1.877 | 0.906 | 1.617 | 0.395 | - | - |
P | - | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.081 | 0.367 | 0.108 | 0.693 | - | - |
SMILE: Small-incision lenticule extraction; FS-LASIK: Femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK.