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Data were abstracted on age, gender, contact lens (CL) wear, preoperative refractive errors, keratometry, topographic and ultrasonic pachymetry, and intraoperative OCP measurements before and after epithelium removal. The central ET was calculated by subtracting OCP measurement after epithelium removal from the OCP measurement prior to epithelium removal.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The study comprised of 162 consecutive eyes from 81 patients. Mean age was 26.73\u2009\u00b1\u20096.47 years, 50.6% were males. CL was used in 92 eyes (56.8%). The mean sphere and spherical equivalent were \u22123.60\u2009\u00b1\u20091.84 D and \u22123.26\u2009\u00b1\u20091.85D, respectively. The mean intraoperative ET was 58.22\u2009\u00b1\u200917.53 \u00b5m (range, 15\u2013121\u00b5m). Fifty-five percent of the eyes had an ET measurement above or below the range of 40-60\u00b5m. ET was significantly higher in the second operated eye compared to the first operated eye (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.006), and an association was found to CL-wear (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.03). There was no significant difference in thickness between genders (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.62), and no correlation to patient age (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.45, r<jats:sub>p<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20090.06), refractive errors (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&gt;\u20090.30,r<jats:sub>p=<\/jats:sub>\u22120.07\u20130.08), nor keratometry(<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&gt;\u20090.80, r<jats:sub>p=<\/jats:sub>\u22120.01\u2212 (\u22120.02)).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The intraoperative assessment of ET in alcohol-assisted PRK showed a high variability of the central corneal epithelium, with a significant difference between the first and second operated eyes. 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