Wound Healing, Inflammation, and Corneal Ultrastructure After SMILE and Femtosecond Laser–Assisted LASIK: A Human Ex Vivo Study

Abstract

Corneal stromal wound healing after SMILE and FS-LASIK was virtually identical with respect to keratocyte proliferation and apoptosis in the human donor eye model. Although reactive fibrosis adjacent to the laser application site appeared less marked after SMILE, the stromal bed after LASIK exhibited a smoother surface texture. [J Refract Surg. 2018;34(6):393-399.].