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Comparison of LASEK and LASIK With Thin and Ultrathin Flaps After Excimer Laser Ablation With the SCHWIND Aspheric Ablation Profile

Maria Clara Arbelaez, MD; Camila Vidal, OD and Samuel Arba Mosquera, MSc

Submitted: 1/9/09; Accepted: 2/18/10; Posted: 4/15/10

In a retrospective study of LASEK, LASIK with a 130-µm microkeratome head, and LASIK with a 110-µm microkeratome head (approximately 30 eyes in each group) using the SCHWIND platform, there was general preservation of preoperative higher order aberrations and the overall outcomes of the surface ablation were similar to those of the thicker and thinner flap type ablations.