Retreatment strategies following Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE): In vivo tissue responses

• Main Authors: Riau A.K., Liu Y.-C., Lim C.H.L., Lwin N.C., Teo E.P., Yam G.H., Tan D.T., Mehta J.S.
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: CD11b antigen; fibronectin; Ki 67 antigen; animal cell; animal experiment; animal tissue; anterior segment optical coherence tomography; apoptosis; Article; cell death; confocal microscopy; controlled study; cornea disease; cornea edema; corneal haze; immunohistochemistry; in vivo study; inflammation; intermethod comparison; New Zealand White (rabbit); nonhuman; ophthalmic excimer laser; ophthalmic femtosecond laser; ophthalmic laser; optical coherence tomography; Oryctolagus cuniculus; postoperative complication; retreatment; small incision lenticule extraction; surface ablation; tissue reaction; TUNEL assay; wound healing; animal; cornea; cornea stroma; diagnostic imaging; excimer laser; Leporidae; metabolism; pathology; photorefractive keratectomy; surgery; Animals; Antigens, CD11b; Apoptosis; Cornea; Corneal Stroma; Fibronectins; Ki-67 Antigen; Lasers, Excimer; Microscopy, Confocal; Photorefractive Keratectomy; Rabbits; Tomography, Optical Coherence
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161184
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0180941