Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1871-1876 , November 2007

Histopathology of epi-LASIK in eyes with virgin corneas and eyes with previously altered corneas

,Accepted 3 July 2007.

References 

  1. Netto MV, Mohan RR, Ambrósio R, et al. Wound healing in the cornea; a review of refractive surgery complications and new prospects for therapy. Cornea. 2005;24:509–522
  2. Pallikaris IG, Katsanevaki VJ, Kalyvianaki MI, Naoumidi II. Advances in subepithelial excimer refractive surgery techniques: epi-LASIK. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2003;14:207–212
  3. Netto MV, Wilson SE. Indications for excimer laser surface ablation. J Refract Surg. 2005;21:734–741
  4. Pallikaris IG, Naoumidi II, Kalyvianaki MI, Katsanevaki VJ. Epi-LASIK: comparative histological evaluation of mechanical and alcohol-assisted epithelial separation. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2003;29:1496–1501
  5. Pallikaris IG, Kalyvianaki MI, Katsanevaki VJ, Ginis HS. Epi-LASIK: preliminary clinical results of an alternative surface ablation procedure. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005;31:879–885
  6. Katsanevaki VJ, Kalyvianaki MI, Kavroulaki DS, Pallikaris IG. One-year clinical results after epi-LASIK for myopia. Ophthalmology. 2007;114:1111–1117
  7. Dai JH, Chen CD, Chu RY, et al. [Clinical investigation of epipolis laser in situ keratomileusis on high myopia]. [Chinese] Chung Hua Yen Ko Tsa Chin. 2005;41:211–215
  8. Dai J, Chu R, Zhou X, et al. One-year outcomes of epi-LASIK for myopia. J Refract Surg. 2006;22:589–595
  9. Kim J-H, Oh C-H, Song J-S, Kim H-M. Inadvertent stromal dissection during mechanical separation of the corneal epithelium using an epikeratome. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2006;32:1759–1763
  10. Stonecipher K, Ignacio TS, Stonecipher M. Advances in refractive surgery: microkeratome and femtosecond laser flap creation in relation to safety, efficacy, predictability, and biomechanical stability. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2006;17:368–372
  11. Dawson DG, Edelhauser HF, Grossniklaus HE. Long-term histopathologic findings in human corneal wounds after refractive surgical procedures. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005;139:168–178
  12. Katsanevaki VJ, Naoumidi II, Kalyvianaki MI, Pallikaris IG. Epi-LASIK: histological findings of separated epithelial sheets 24 hours after treatment. J Refract Surg. 2006;22:151–154
  13. Taneri S. Epi-LASIK after amputation of a LASIK flap. J Refract Surg. 2006;22:613–616

 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the XXIII Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2005.

 Supported in part by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Health, Instituto Carlos III, Red Temática de Investigación en Oftalmología, Subproyecto de Investigación Básica (C03/13), and by Moria S.A., Antony, France.

PII: S0886-3350(07)01373-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.07.015

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1871-1876 , November 2007

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution