Two fundamentally different principles of flap creation: the microkeratome mechanically separates the corneal tissue with the blade to create a flap, while in femtosecond LASIK a spatula is required…
Alcon WaveLight® Topography-Guided LASIK and Zeiss small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE^) treatments are fundamentally very different corneal refractive procedures.
Wavelight plus is an evolution in creating an ablation profile by representing the pre-operative eye using a virtual 3D eye model constructed using multiple data sources.
