Manuel Ramírez1, Everardo Hernández-Quintela, Ramón Naranjo-Tackman. 1. Cornea and Refractive Surgery Services, Asociación Para Evitar la Ceguera en México, Hospital Luis Sánchez Bulnes, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico. mramirezf@medicasur.org.mx
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate and compare confocal microscopy findings between a femtosecond laser and a mechanical microkeratome. METHODS: Eighteen eyes of nine patients underwent LASIK. Corneal flaps were created with the femtosecond laser in the right eyes and a mechanical microkeratome in the left eyes. The corneal flap interface was analyzed in all eyes with a confocal microscope at 1 week and 1 month postoperatively. RESULTS: All eyes showed small reflective particles at the corneal flap interface. The mean number of reflective particles was not statistically significantly different at 1 week (P = .078) and 1 month (P = .28) using a femtosecond laser and a mechanical microkeratome. CONCLUSIONS: Confocal microscopy findings at the corneal flap interface showed a similar number of particles using both systems.
PURPOSE: To evaluate and compare confocal microscopy findings between a femtosecond laser and a mechanical microkeratome. METHODS: Eighteen eyes of nine patients underwent LASIK. Corneal flaps were created with the femtosecond laser in the right eyes and a mechanical microkeratome in the left eyes. The corneal flap interface was analyzed in all eyes with a confocal microscope at 1 week and 1 month postoperatively. RESULTS: All eyes showed small reflective particles at the corneal flap interface. The mean number of reflective particles was not statistically significantly different at 1 week (P = .078) and 1 month (P = .28) using a femtosecond laser and a mechanical microkeratome. CONCLUSIONS: Confocal microscopy findings at the corneal flap interface showed a similar number of particles using both systems.
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