PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and consistency of corneal flap thickness in laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with the Moria M2 single-use head 90 microkeratome. METHODS The central corneal thickness of 72 (37 right, 35 left) eyes of 37 patients was measured by ultrasonic pachymetry preoperatively and intraoperatively after flap cut. The Moria M2 single-use head...

To the Editor: The article “Lower Intraoperative Flap Complication Rate with the Hansatome Microkeratome Compared to the Automated Corneal Shaper” (Walker MB, Wilson SE. J Refract Surg 2000;16:79-82) concludes that the Hansatome is less likely to have intraoperative flap complications than the Automated Corneal Shaper (ACS). This may be true but the methods used in the study do not allow this c...

At the time of writing, the most advanced technique of LASIK uses a femtosecond laser for the creation of the flap. This instrument has reduced the complications associated with the creation of the corneal flap to a minumum, with a reduction in the cut depth and a consequent increase in the thickness of the residual stromal bed. The femtosecond laser can therefore be considered to be a major ev...

FEMTOSECOND lasers are likely to replace mechanical microkeratomes for refractive surgical procedures, despite the markedly higher price associated with femtosecondlaser treatments that some believe is unethical for patients to pay, according to a panel of specialists who spoke at the annual Congress of the DOC (German Ophthalmic Surgeons). “Femtosecond lasers will replace microkeratomes wherev...

introduction: to compare the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of femtosecond laser versus mechanical microkeratome corneal flap creation in correction of refractive errors. methods: i this review, a comprehensive search of medline, scopus, cochrane, trip database, supplemented by hta and economic databases was performed. we searched for randomized controlled trials (rcts) of femtosecond laser wh...

BACKGROUND With increasing numbers of lamellar keratoplasties, eye banks are challenged to deliver precut lamellar donor tissue. In Europe, the most common technique of corneal storage is organ culture which requires a deswelling process before surgical processing. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of different deswelling times on the cutting plane quality after microkerato...

PURPOSE To analyse the accuracy of corneal flap thickness created in laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) using the Moria Model 2 (M2) single-use head 90 microkeratome. METHODS The corneal thickness of 300 (266 myopic and 34 hyperopic) eyes of 150 patients was measured by ultrasonic pachymetry preoperationally and intraoperationally after flap cut. The Moria M2 single-use head 90, in...