Clinical Observation of Silicon Hydrogel Contact Lens Fitted Immediately after Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)

Table 3

The scores of symptoms after SMILE in all 3 groups.

Symptom	Time after surgery (h)	Group A	Group B	Group C	F
Blurred vision	2	1.46 ± 0.74	1.52 ± 0.75	1.53 ± 0.80	0.306	0.736
	4	1.17 ± 0.60	1.29 ± 0.69	1.19 ± 0.70	1.079	0.341
	8	0.99 ± 0.61	1.15 ± 0.64	1.00 ± 0.57	2.534	0.081
	24	0.80 ± 0.59	0.92 ± 0.60	0.82 ± 0.52	1.574	0.209
Photophobia	2	1.18 ± 1.02	1.03 ± 1.13	1.31 ± 1.14	1.755	0.174
	4	0.69 ± 0.87	0.59 ± 0.77	0.67 ± 0.77	0.434	0.649
	8	0.34 ± 0.57	0.34 ± 0.60	0.37 ± 0.52	0.106	0.900
	24	0.16 ± 0.36	0.11 ± 0.31	0.24 ± 0.43	3.686	0.018
Tearing	2	0.92 ± 1.04	0.83 ± 1.11	1.23 ± 1.16	4.474	0.012
	4	0.38 ± 0.63	0.47 ± 0.79	0.36 ± 0.64	0.755	0.471
	8	0.07 ± 0.25	0.15 ± 0.40	0.10 ± 0.32	1.754	0.175
	24	0.04 ± 0.20	0.06 ± 0.23	0.05 ± 0.22	0.134	0.875
Pain	2	0.50 ± 0.73	0.61 ± 0.81	0.83 ± 0.96	3.524	0.031
	4	0.18 ± 0.43	0.36 ± 0.74	0.31 ± 0.55	2.791	0.063
	8	0.18 ± 0.42	0.19 ± 0.47	0.29 ± 0.56	1.844	0.160
	24	0.04 ± 0.20	0.06 ± 0.23	0.08 ± 0.27	0.727	0.484
Foreign body sensation	2	0.44 ± 0.72	0.64 ± 0.84	0.70 ± 0.93	2.977	0.049
	4	0.38 ± 0.53	0.61 ± 0.75	0.53 ± 0.67	3.683	0.027
	8	0.30 ± 0.53	0.53 ± 0.63	0.42 ± 0.62	4.158	0.016
	24	0.20 ± 0.44	0.40 ± 0.58	0.25 ± 0.45	4.769	0.009
Burning	2	0.42 ± 0.70	0.44 ± 0.81	0.59 ± 0.76	1.529	0.218
	4	0.07 ± 0.25	0.25 ± 0.61	0.31 ± 0.58	6.173	0.003
	8	0.06 ± 0.24	0.14 ± 0.47	0.14 ± 0.34	1.560	0.212
	24	0.01 ± 0.09	0.05 ± 0.22	0.08 ± 0.27	3.378	0.037
Sting	2	0.39 ± 0.73	0.46 ± 0.85	0.56 ± 0.83	1.165	0.313
	4	0.15 ± 0.40	0.30 ± 0.69	0.32 ± 0.60	2.968	0.053
	8	0.16 ± 0.39	0.19 ± 0.47	0.21 ± 0.46	0.349	0.706
	24	0.04 ± 0.27	0.05 ± 0.22	0.08 ± 0.27	0.657	0.519
Dry eyes	2	0.43 ± 0.60	0.49 ± 0.67	0.59 ± 0.82	1.567	0.210
	4	0.47 ± 0.68	0.51 ± 0.62	0.67 ± 0.65	3.039	0.049
	8	0.46 ± 0.53	0.46 ± 0.70	0.52 ± 0.63	0.389	0.678
	24	0.35 ± 0.51	0.39 ± 0.55	0.50 ± 0.63	1.919	0.148

(Mean ± SD, N = 178). Group A: wore BCLs for 8 hours, group B: wore BCLs for 24 hours, and group C: no BCL wear. .