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Corneal refractive surgery has been the major solution for the correction of ametropia.With the standardization of preoperative examination,intraoperative procedure and perioperative drugs,corneal refractive surgery has become much safer.Meanwhile,patients can get not only good visual acuity,but also favorable visual quality.However,the patient satisfaction has not been improved dramatically with the enhance of effectiveness and safety after surgery.Increase of the satisfaction degree to corneal refractive surgery is related to multiple factors such as experienced and highly skilled operation,operative safety,lessening operative complication,good postoperative visual and life quality of patients.Comprehensively analyzing existing problems in corneal refractive surgery in China and further obtain satisfaction of patient will be of an important significance for the healthy development of laser corneal refractive surgery.
ABSTRACT
Keratoconus is a corneal ectasia disease that dramatically affects visual function.Currently,the treatment approach of keratoconus includes wearing of spectacles or contact lenses,epikeratophakia,keratoplasty,etc.Femtosecond laser is a type of infrared laser operated in pulse form,which is accurate,safe and simple in operation.This technique has been applied in keratoplasty,intrastromal corneal ring implantation and cross-linking.Combination therapy may achieve better outcome.This review focuses on the related application of femtoseeond laser in keratoconus treatment.
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Femtosecond laser represents the frontier technique in the field of refractive surgery,and its novel scanning mode is under investigation.It has transformed from simple refractive correction to multifield therapy for the advantages in accuracy and safety.Such technique has been employed in the treatment of keratoconus,penetrating and lamellar corneal transplantation,the completion of channel for intrastromal corneal ring segments implantation and achievement of collagen cross-linking.Femtosecond laser can achieve better outcomes in keratolimbal allograft and corneal biopsy for ocular surface reconstruction and histopathologic diagnosis.Also,femtosecond laser has been applied in the treatment of presbyopia and cataract.With improvement in related technique,femtosecond laser might be utilized more frequently in clinical practice.This paper focus on its novel application in therapeutic corneal surgeiries.