Thin LASIK flap creation using the SCHWIND Carriazo-Pendular microkeratome.
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.
Kymionis
George D
GD
Institute of Vision and Optics University of Crete, Greece.
Portaliou
Dimitra M
DM
Tsiklis
Nikolaos S
NS
Panagopoulou
Sophia I
SI
Pallikaris
Ioannis G
IG
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