WOUND-HEALING AFTER EXCIMER LASER KERATOMILEUSIS (PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY) IN MONKEYS
WOUND-HEALING AFTER EXCIMER LASER KERATOMILEUSIS (PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY) IN MONKEYS
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DOI:
10.1001/archopht.1990.01070070051034
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发表时间:
1990-05-01
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SAVOLDELLI, M
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作者:
FANTES, FE;HANNA, KD;SAVOLDELLI, M
Laser myopic keratomileusis (photrefractive keratectomy) was performd on 29 rhesus monkey corneas with an argon fluoride (193-nm) excimer laser and a computer-controlled, moving slit delivery system. The 4-mm-diameter central ablation zone ranged in depth for 11 .mu.m (-2 diopters effect) to 46 .mu.m (-8 diopters effect). Corneas were studied for the 9 months postoperatively by clinical silt-lamp microscopy, and periodically with light and transmission electron microscopy. By 6 weeks, mild to moderate subepithelial haze was apparent in 93% of the corneas, with considerable variability in density. Progressive clearing occurred so that by 6 to 9 months 12 of 13 surviving corneas (92%) were either completely clear (4 corneas) or trace hazy (8 corneas). The epithelium was thickened at 21 days after ablation and returned to normal thickness by 3 months. At 3 weeks, subepithelial fibroblasts were three times the density of normal keratocytes and returned to nearly normal numbers by 9 months. We concluded that the anterior monkey cornea demonstrated a mild, typical wound healing response after excimer laser keratomileusis.