This study aimed to investigate whether femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (FS-LASIK) surgery causes inflammation in the anterior chamber and to analyze its effect on endothelial cells.
Since FS-LASIK surgery is applied using both an FS laser and an excimer laser, we aimed to determine the direct and indirect effects of these applications on the corneal endothelium, the intensity of the inflammation, and the blood-aqueous barrier in the anterior chamber. To the best of our knowledge, the effects of FS-LASIK on anterior chamber inflammation have not been previously investigated. Therefore, we evaluated these effects using objective measurement methods, such as specular microscopy and laser flare photometry.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Refractive surgery
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Change of Flare Values
To measure anterior chamber inflammation objectively, Flare values were measured by the laser flare-photometry
Time frame: The change of flare values on first day, seventh day, 1. month and 3. months according to preoperative values
Change of Corneal endothelium features-1
Endothelial cell density (ECD),(The parameter was measured by specular microscopy)
Time frame: the changes of the parameters of preoperative and 3. months' values
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