Epithelial Thickness Profile Changes Induced by Myopic LASIK as Measured by Artemis Very High-frequency Digital Ultrasound

Abstract

Although the magnitude of epithelial thickening increased with increasing ablation depth, in accordance with Barraquer's Law of Thicknesses, the myopic refractive shift due to epithelial thickness profile changes was paradoxically more significant in low myopia than in high myopia.