Open Access<p>Biomechanical Changes to the Cornea from LASIK Flap Creation Resulting in Inaccurate Ablations and Suboptimal Refractive Outcomes with Topographic-Guided Ablation</p>
Author(s) -
Manoj Motwani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s263896
Subject(s) - lasik , microkeratome , ablation , medicine , ophthalmology , dioptre , cornea , corneal topography , refractive surgery , keratomileusis , visual acuity
This study documents a biomechanical corneal change related to corneal flap creation in certain patients leading to an irregular ablation pattern and an inaccurate refractive outcome.