title: [Clinical results of femtosecond laser assisted lamellar keratoplasty].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the clinical results of femtosecond laser assisted lamellar keratoplasty (FS-LK).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study. Twenty eyes of 17 patients who were treated with FS-LK were enrolled in this study. The preoperative visions were from 0.02 to 0.4. During the operation, the grafts were prepared with a depth of 400-600 µm according to the character of the affections.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the follow-up period, the visions of 18 eyes (90%) were better than preoperative ones. One of them was equal to 0.8. The best corrected visual acuities of 18 eyes (90%) were better than or equal to 0.5, one of which was 1.0. The astigmatisms of 15 eyes were under 3.00 diopters at one year after operation. During the operation of two cases, the paracentral cut occurred. Two patients experienced corneal opacity, and two cases had high astigmatisms after operation. Only one eye experienced immune rejection at one year after operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The FS-LK appears to be a good alternative surgical method for patients with corneal diseases because of the great manipuility and excellent postoperative results, but more research is needed.
authors: Shenyang Aier Eye Hospital, Shenyang 110003, China; Email: shaoweili2005@vip.163.com.
authors: Shaowei
authors: S
authors: Li
authors: Shenyang Aier Eye Hospital, Shenyang 110003, China.
authors: Jianhua
authors: J
authors: Ning
authors: Shenyang Aier Eye Hospital, Shenyang 110003, China.
authors: Chang
authors: C
authors: Liu
authors: Shenyang Aier Eye Hospital, Shenyang 110003, China.
authors: Zuofeng
authors: Z
authors: Guo
authors: Shenyang Aier Eye Hospital, Shenyang 110003, China.
authors: Fangqi
authors: F
authors: Lyn
authors: Shenyang Aier Eye Hospital, Shenyang 110003, China.
authors: Tiehong
authors: T
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000209:etiology; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity