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The manifest refraction and surgical method was recorded and correlated with the questionnaire results.ResultsData collected from 126 patients (mean age, 32.8 \u00b1 8.6 years; 55.6% women) were analyzed. Of 121 patients, 120 (99.2%) identified the Internet as a source for information on refractive surgery, and 71 of 119 (59.7%) noted that the clinic\u2019s website influenced their choice of clinic. Patients with high myopia more commonly used contact lenses and had considered undergoing refractive surgery for a longer time compared with patients with other refractive errors (P\u00a0&lt; 0.01 and\u00a0P\u00a0&lt; 0.01, resp.). 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