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Pain score was assessed with a visual analogue scale (0\u201310) and re-epithelialization time recorded. A total of 48 eyes from 24 patients were recruited. Mean uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) was 20\/20.31 (0.00 \u00b1 0.02 LogMAR). A total of 98% of eyes did not change corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) lines. Two percent of eyes lost one line of CDVA. Preoperative spherical equivalent was \u22122.67 \u00b1 1.37 D and after three months changed to \u22120.21 \u00b1 0.34 D, and 2% of eyes changed 0.50 D or more between one and three months. Pain score was 3.29 \u00b1 0.61 (3 to 6) score points at day one and 0.08 \u00b1 0.27 score points at day seven. Finally, re-epithelialization time was 2.50 \u00b1 1.20 days. 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