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• Research Article   
  Compensatory Corneal Epithelial Thickness Changes after Myopic Photorefractive Keratectomy Imaged with Ultra High Resolution Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
  Author(s): Konstantina Bachtalia, Athina Plakitsi , Anastasios Charonis, Georgios Charonis, Dimitrios Kyroudis, Sotiria Palioura*
  
  Purpose: To evaluate how corneal epithelium thickness changes after myopic Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) relate to the magnitude of myopic correction, the diameter of the Optical Zone (OZ) and the incidence of regression in the early postoperative period. Setting: Tertiary referral center Design: Prospective longitudinal cohort study Methods: Twenty-two eyes of 11 patients with mean manifest spherical equivalent of -4.75 ± 1.69 D underwent PRK between November 2016 and March 2017. Epithelial thickness profiles were evaluated preoperatively and at 1, 3 and 6 month’s postoperatively using ultra-high resolution anterior segment OCT. The relationship between post-operative epithelial thickness changes and the magnitude of myopic correction, the OZ diameter and the re.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9570.21.s12.002

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