title: Thin LASIK flap creation using the SCHWIND Carriazo-Pendular microkeratome.
abstract: To study the outcomes of LASIK after intended thin flap creation using the SCHWIND Carriazo-Pendular microkeratome with the 90-microm head.
  
  
  
  Forty-seven eyes of 26 patients (mean age 28.78+/-6.98 years) underwent LASIK with a superior hinge flap using the 90-microm head of the SCHWIND Carriazo-Pendular microkeratome. Evaluation included flap parameters (thickness, diameter, hinge size), complications, and visual outcome.
  
  
  
  No intraoperative or early postoperative complications were observed. The mean flap thickness was 79.88+/-6.94 microm (range: 70 to 93 microm). Mean flap diameter was 9.25+/-0.45 mm (range: 8.5 to 11 mm) whereas mean hinge size was 4.63+/-0.66 mm (range: 3 to 6.5 mm). No eye lost lines of best spectacle-corrected visual acuity, and all eyes were emmetropic within one diopter postoperatively.
  
  
  
  The SCHWIND Carriazo-Pendular microkeratome with the 90-microm head seems to have increased accuracy in intended creation of thin flaps.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vision and Optics University of Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kymionis
authors.forename: Dimitra M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Portaliou
authors.forename: Nikolaos S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Tsiklis
authors.forename: Sophia I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Panagopoulou
authors.forename: Ioannis G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Pallikaris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000295:instrumentation*; D054018:Lasers, Excimer / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology