Gentle removal of epithelium in EBK leads to better outcomes

NEW YORK — Epi-Bowman keratectomy removes a patient’s epithelium in layers as atraumatically as possible during surface ablation and can reduce irregular ablation rates when compared with PRK, according to a speaker here.
“The learning curve [with EBK] is zero. The basement membrane is spared, as well as Bowman’s layer. Because the epithelium is coming up in sheets, there is minimal rupture of the epithelial cell membranes,” Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, FACS, said at OSN New York 2019.
The epi-Bowman keratectomy (EBK) device allows a surgeon to create an optimized

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