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36th Congress of the German Society for Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (GSCRS)

German Society for Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (GSCRS) (GSCRS)

10.02. - 12.02.2022, Dortmund

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Corneal lenticule creation using a new solid state femtosecond laser: accuracy and predictability

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  • Thomas Kohnen - Frankfurt am Main
  • A. Voigt - Frankfurt am Main
  • K. Van Keer - Frankfurt am Main; Löwen/B
  • C. Lwowski - Frankfurt am Main

Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, Interventionelle und Refraktive Chirurgie. 36. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie. Dortmund, 10.-12.02.2022. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2022. Doc22dgii32

doi: 10.3205/22dgii32, urn:nbn:de:0183-22dgii327

Published: February 10, 2022

© 2022 Kohnen et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Purpose: To determine the accuracy and predictability of corneal lenticule creation with a new solid-state femtosecond laser.

Methods: Corneal lenticule creation was performed using a new solid-state femtosecond laser on 60 porcine eyes. OCT images were acquired immediately after laser treatment. Cap thickness (CT), cap diameter (CD), and lenticule thickness (LT) measured by 3 independent readers.

Results: Measured LT was significantly greater than the calculated (136.4µm±33.1 vs 122.1±33.6µm, P<0.001). Measured CD was significantly smaller compared to the calculated CD (7.79 mm±0.2 vs 8.5 mm, P<0.001; was the transformation accounted for). Measured CT showed no significant difference from the calculated CT (128.6µm±13.4 vs 126µm, P=0.145).

Conclusion: A new femtosecond laser is capable of creating accurate, predictable corneal lenticules over a range of refractive corrections in porcine eyes.