Fig. 4.1 The treatment pack During this period of time in 2005, a series of studies by Blum and Sekundo (unpublished data) on animals, blind and amblyopic eyes, underwent a…
Fig. 6.1 Fast OBL (opaque bubble layer) Fig. 6.2 Slow OBL Fig. 6.3 Normal bubble pattern 6.3 Patient Positioning The VisuMax® laser has a curved interface which applanates the patient’s…
Fig. 1.1 Contour deviation and roughness are useful parameters for characterizing a cut surface. They measure deviations of the intended shape with very low and very high spatial frequency. Deviations…
Fig. 16.1 Left graphic depicts geometry of lenticule in a pure-sphere SMILE procedure for reference. Right image is a photographic image of an extracted lenticule, preserved in formalin, prior to…
Fig. 15.1 Plot of the spherical equivalent prediction error (D) by the difference in central corneal thickness between the expected (VisuMax read-out lenticule thickness) and the observed change measured by…
Fig. 22.1 An example of the presenting website of one of the authors. According to a “local hero” principle, the surgeon is presented first. Two other points are emphasized at…
Fig. 12.1 Anterior segment photography of an eye 3 months post 130 μm SMILE procedure. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography and Optical Quality Analysis System (OQAS) (Visometrics SL, Terrassa, Barcelona)…
Fig. 7.1 Appearance of a LASIK-treated eye 10 years post-op. Superficial punctate keratitis is clearly visible after fluorescein staining Fig. 7.2 Eyes underwent small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and LASIK 1…
Fig. 10.1 The superior incision had an anticlockwise radial tear with a subsequent epithelial ingrowth. One year after surgery the ingrowth remained stationary without any effect on visual performance of…
Study method Preop. Sph.eq. refraction (D) N (eyes) Follow-up (months) Refractive outcome Regression Visual outcome 2-line loss in CDVA Hjortdal et al. [6] Prospective −7.19 ± 1.30 670 3 80 %…
