Epi-LASIK
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Epi-LASIK is a refractive surgery technique designed to reduce a person's dependency on eyeglasses and contact lenses. Invented by Dr. Ioannis Pallikaris (Crete, Greece), the technique is basically an automatic LASEK without alcohol:
- a device similar to a microkeratome (called epi-keratome) slides over the surface of the cornea, just underneath the epithelial layer of cells while suction is applied
- the result is a hinged sheet of epithelium that is at least partially viable
- it is reflected out of the way so that the ablation can take place
- the sheet is repositioned and a bandage soft contact lens is placed on the eye
The first cases outside Greece were performed in September 2003.
Complications
Although relatively uncommon, the following are some of the more frequently reported complications of Epi-LASIK [1]:
- Over/undercorrection
- Visual acuity fluctuation
- Halos around light sources
- Starbursts around light sources
- Decentered ablation
- Corneal Haze
- Epithelium erosion
- Loss of epithelial flap
See also
External links
- LASIK, Epi-LASIK & LASEK: Eye Digest Reviews
- Epi-LASIK: comparative histological evaluation of mechanical and alcohol-assisted epithelial separation
- LASIK Complications: Trends and Techniques 3E ch4fr:ÉPI-LASIK
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
