Effect of Intraoperative Corneal Stromal Pocket Irrigation in Small Incision Lenticule Extraction

Figure 1

Representative raster line ASOCT images at 24 hours postoperatively for eyes which underwent (a) SMILE with irrigation, (b) SMILE without irrigation, (c) LASIK with irrigation, and (d) LASIK without irrigation procedure. An increase in the reflectivity could be seen at the cap interface in the post-SMILE eyes (arrowheads) or at the flap interface in the post-FS-LASIK eyes (arrow), and the total corneal thickness and anterior lamellar thickness were accordingly measured. The posterior lamellar thickness was then calculated by subtracting the anterior lamellar thickness from total corneal thickness.

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