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Reproducibility of LASIK Flap Thickness Using the Zeiss Femtosecond Laser Measured Postoperatively by Optical Coherence Tomography

Won-Kyung Ju, MD; Jeong-Hye Lee, MD; Tae-Young Chung, MD, PhD and Eui-Sang Chung, MD, PhD

Received: 9/9/09; Accepted: 4/8/10; Posted: 5/3/10

In a series of 87 myopic eyes undergoing LASIK, the flap was created by the Zeiss femtosecond laser and its thickness measured postoperatively by optical coherence tomography, demonstrating that the intended flap thickness and the achieved flap thickness were nearly identical and that the flap had a uniform thickness from edge to edge.