LISBON, Portugal — The currently recommended percentage of tissue altered did not demonstrate to be an independent risk factor for post-LASIK ectasia in a multicenter study.
Percentage of tissue altered (PTA) is a possible new risk factor for iatrogenic ectasia recently described by Marcony Santhiago, MD, and currently at the center of a hot debate among cornea and refractive surgery specialists.
“Santhiago did a great job trying to identify independent risk factors for iatrogenic ectasia, and he and his co-authors found in a large series of cases that eyes with (Read more...)
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