This patient is having a confocal exam, which demonstrates an extreme amount of metallic debris left in the eye by the blade that cut the flap. The blades are supposed to be meticulously cleaned and inspected by microscope prior to use, but this patient’s surgeon apparently used it straight out of the box. The patient has had extreme light sensitivity and pain since LASIK and is now two years post-op. The examining doctor finds the metal debris, along with “activated keratocytes”, which are a sign of continued inflammation in the cornea. Two years later? Is something wrong with this picture?
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Blade Free LASIK with the Carl Zeiss Meditec VisuMax Femtosecond Laser and MEL 80 Excimer Laser
Monday, July 26th, 2010Dr. Rupal Shah, New Vision Laser Centers, India (drrupalshahlasik.com) presents one of the first videos with the new 500 KHz VisuMax Laser for creating the LASIK flap. This is then followed by corneal reshaping with the Carl Zeiss Meditec MEL 80 excimer laser. The combination of these two advanced machines for LASIK provides an unchallenged superior platform to perform LASIK to give the best results to your patients. Especially note the high speed, low OBL and ease of centration of the VisuMax femtosecond laser. Also note the complete absence of sub conjuctival hemorrages. Also, note the effectiveness of the tracker and speed of the MEL 80 excimer laser.