Bowman Keratomileusis: Better than Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK)?
The most important factor in undertaking a refractive procedure is that we need to be within the stroma to make it comfortable to the patient. But, from a biomechanical standpoint, we need to be as superficial as we can. Also to decrease wound-healing complications, we must avoid any damage to the e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.2012.58 |
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| Summary: | The most important factor in undertaking a refractive procedure is that we need to be within the stroma to make it comfortable to the patient. But, from a biomechanical standpoint, we need to be as superficial as we can. Also to decrease wound-healing complications, we must avoid any damage to the epithelium. That’s why, the switch over to thinner flaps. A new technique known as sub bowmans keratomileusis offers us more room for doing wider and deeper ablations and serves as a bridge between surface ablation and LASIK |
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| ISSN: | 0972-0200 2454-2784 |