Évaluation en microscopie confocale des modifications morphologiques cornéennes induites après LASIK et découpe du volet stromal par laser femtoseconde IntraLase®

This study showed substantial morphological similarity between the interfaces obtained with femtosecond laser and mechanical microkeratome. The discovery of brightly reflecting particles in the IntraLase® interface goes against the hypothesis of the metallic origin of these deposits. The flap margin microscopically looked extremely well delimited, but seemed to provoke an adjacent secondary fibrotic reaction, both microscopically and macroscopically, greater at 2 months than after a mechanical microkeratome cut.