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Key: | Protein | Mutation | Event | Anatomy | Negation | Speculation | Pain term | Disease term |
Therefore, after including data from more patients, we again compare the pain and visual outcomes associated with epi-LASIK and PRK. | |||||||||||||||
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Forty-nine eyes in 30 patients who underwent epi-LASIK and 54 eyes in 29 patients who underwent PRK were included. | |||||||||||||||
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Our group previously showed that epi-LASIK and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) were associated with similar levels of postoperative pain and visual acuity in a small group study (presented at the XXIV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, London, UK, September 2006). | |||||||||||||||
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A retrospective chart review was designed in which records from all patients who underwent epi-LASIK or PRK at our institution between October 2005 and October 2007 were reviewed. | |||||||||||||||
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Therefore, epi-LASIK should theoretically be associated with less pain and faster recovery than those of other procedures [1,4]. | |||||||||||||||
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