Epi-LASIK : A Confocal Microscopy Analysis of the Corneal Epithelium and Anterior Stroma.

Epi-LASIK : A Confocal Microscopy Analysis of the Corneal Epithelium and Anterior Stroma.

To evaluate the confocal microscopy findings at the corneal epithelium and anterior stroma after epi-LASIK Surgery.

10 eyes of 10 patients underwent epi-LASK, epithelial flaps were created with the Amadeus II, epi-LASIK-LASIK microkeratome (Ziemer ophthalmics systems AG, Switzerland). A Visx star 4 system (Visx, Santa Ana, CA, USA) was used to perform the laser ablation in all eyes. A central scan of the total corneal thickness was taken with the confocal microscope (Confoscan 4, Fortune Technologies, Italy) before and at 2 weeks and 1 month after surgery. Corneal epithelial thickness and the Anterior stroma morphology were analyzed by using the NAVIS software V. 3.5.0 (NIDEK, Multi-Instrument Diagnostic System, Japan).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients asking for epi-LASIK surgery
• Patients with stable refraction in the last year
• Patients without systemic and ocular disease
• Patients with 500 microns in pachymetry
• Normal topography

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients cannot attend their appointments
• Residual, recurrent or active ocular disease
• Previous ocular surgery except LASIK
• Autoimmune or connective tissue disease
• Pregnancy