title: Femtosecond LASIK retreatment using side cutting only.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present visual and refractive outcomes in 11 eyes that underwent femtosecond LASIK and subsequent retreatment with flap lifting using only side cutting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven patients (11 eyes) with a mean age of 30.55±5.42 years (range: 24 to 39 years) underwent retreatment 18.18±5.41 months (range: 12 to 26 months) after primary LASIK treatment with side cutting only using a femtosecond laser for the correction of residual refractive error.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean follow-up after retreatment was 7.72±1.48 months (range: 6 to 10 months). No intra- or postoperative complications were found after LASIK retreatment. Uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) improved in all patients. Mean UDVA improved from 0.54±0.12 (decimal scale) (range: 0.4 to 0.7) preoperatively to 0.99±0.03 (range: 0.9 to 1.0) after retreatment. No patient lost lines of corrected distance visual acuity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Retreatment using a femtosecond laser to create only a side cut is an effective modality to treat residual refractive errors in postoperative LASIK patients.
authors.affiliation: World Eye Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Efekan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coskunseven
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kymionis
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Grentzelos
authors.forename: Dimitra M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Portaliou
authors.forename: Sai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kolli
authors.forename: Mirko R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jankov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000379:methods*; D054018:Lasers, Excimer / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult