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ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CORNEAL ELEVATION MAPS AFTER REFRACTIVE SURGERY<br />

Fig. 7.2: St<strong>and</strong>ard deviation of Pentacam’s posterior corneal surface elevation maps<br />

(m). White circles limit central areas with specified diameters. The analysis was<br />

done on the 6 mm diameter, where st<strong>and</strong>ard deviation is below 10 m.<br />

7.4.2. Change of the anterior corneal surface with LASIK surgery<br />

Although this study focuses on the posterior corneal surface, we checked that the<br />

anterior corneal measurements obtained using Pentacam agree with those previously<br />

reported using other methods. We observed a statistically significant increase of both<br />

anterior radius <strong>and</strong> asphericity in all post-operative measurements. The first day after<br />

surgery, the change in radius ranged from 268 m to 1608 m (mean, std 674 ± 348<br />

m, p

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