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The study group included patients with myopia less than \u22126.0\u2009D, with or without concomitant astigmatism under 2.0\u2009D, who were treated with FS-LASIK or Trans-PRK in 2013 through 2014. Background, clinical and outcome data were collected from the patient files. A comparison between eyes treated with FS-LASIK or Trans-PRK was performed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Trans-PRK group was comprised of 1793 eyes and the FS-LASIK group of 666 eyes. Mean\u2009\u00b1\u2009SD spherical equivalent (SE) refraction prior to surgery was \u22123.43\u2009\u00b1\u20091.27\u2009D in the Trans-PRK group and \u22123.18\u2009\u00b1\u20091.34\u2009D in the FS-LASIK group ( p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Efficacy index values were 0.95\u2009\u00b1\u20090.14 in the Trans-PRK group and 0.98\u2009\u00b1\u20090.12 in the FS-LASIK group ( p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and corresponding safety index values were 0.96\u2009\u00b1\u20090.13 and 0.99\u2009\u00b1\u20090.12 ( p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Distance from target refraction was 0.45\u2009\u00b1\u20090.42\u2009D in Trans-PRK group and 0.43\u2009\u00b1\u20090.38\u2009D in the FS-LASIK group ( p\u2009=\u20090.537); 71.6% and 74.2% of eyes were within \u00b10.5\u2009D of attempted correction, respectively ( p\u2009=\u20090.193)<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Both Trans-PRK and FS-LASIK demonstrated excellent results, mostly comparable with the current literature. 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