title: Ultra-short pulse (femtosecond) laser surgery: initial use in LASIK flap creation.
abstract: The highly localized tissue effects of low energy femtosecond duration (ultrashort) laser pulses may be used to create three-dimensional intrastromal resections with micron precision and minimized collateral tissue damage. A surgical laser system that produces and delivers such pulses has been developed and tested clinically for creation of a corneal flap in LASIK. Expanded evaluation of this technology in this and additional keratorefractive applications is currently underway.
authors.affiliation: Focus Medical Ltd, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ratkay-Traub
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Juhasz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ferincz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurtz
mesh_terms: D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000601:surgery*; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D054140:Refractive Surgical Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps