Corneal re-innervation following refractive surgery treatments

• Main Authors: Nur Zahira Yusoff, Yam, Gary Hin-Fai, Mehta, Jodhbir Singh, Bandeira, Francisco
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Photorefractive Keratotomy; Small Incision Manual Lenticule Extraction; Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83528; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49760
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Laser refractive surgery is one of the most performed surgical procedures in the world. Although regarded safe and efficient, it has side effects. All of the laser based refractive surgical procedures invoke corneal nerve injury to some degree. The impact of this denervation can range from mild disc...