1. From: Early Corneal Nerve Damage and Recovery Following Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) and Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK)
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci ;55(3): doi: /iovs
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Subbasal nerves before and after SMILE and LASIK. Representative in vivo confocal microscopy images of observed subbasal nerves in the subbasal nerve plexus before and after surgery in SMILE and LASIK groups in central area of the laser treated zone. (A–D) SMILE group. (E–H) LASIK group. (A, E) Preoperative image of subbasal nerves before surgery. (B, F) Postoperative images 1 week after SMILE and LASIK, respectively. (C, G) Postoperative images 2 weeks after SMILE and LASIK, respectively. (D, H) Postoperative images 4 weeks after SMILE and LASIK, respectively.
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