Epithelial thickness mapping can help solve diagnostic dilemmas for ophthalmologists considering refractive surgery for patients with mild abnormalities on tomographic or topographic scans.
According to the results of a retrospective review undertaken by Ella Faktorovich, MD, of Pacific Vision Institute, and colleagues, refractive surgery candidates with a single mild topographic or tomographic abnormality and normal epithelial thickness mapping (ETM) may be safe to undergo LASIK. However, if the patient’s prescription is too high for a safe residual stromal bed, PRK may be the more
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