Early Corneal Wound Healing Response After Small Incision Lenticule Extraction

Purpose: To evaluate the corneal wound healing response after small incision lenticule extraction surgery. Methods: Small incision lenticule extraction was performed in both eyes of 12 New Zealand White rabbits. The refractive spherical correction was set at −6.00 D. Two animals were analyzed at each time point (1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, and 28 days). The corneas were evaluated using slit-lamp and in vivo confocal microscopy. After...