Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Small-Incision Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Intracorneal Concave Lenticule Implantation in Patients with Keratoconus

Figure 6

At 1 week postsurgically, there was edema, stromal cell activation at the corneal stroma (a). Lenticule-stroma interfaces are characterized by high reflectivity with bright dots (f). Edema, stromal cell activation and reflectivity gradually decreased over time (3 months postsurgically (b, g); 6 months postsurgically (c, h); 24 months postsurgically (d, i). At 60 months postsurgically, edema subsided and stromal cells remained stable (e), but high reflectivity still appeared in stromal-implant interfaces (j).

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