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. 2019 May 18;12(5):862-865.
doi: 10.18240/ijo.2019.05.27. eCollection 2019.

Late traumatic flap dislocation seven years after femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

María T Alvarez  1   2 , Andrea Montesel  2 , Laurent Bataille  2
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Late traumatic flap dislocation seven years after femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

María T Alvarez et al. Int J Ophthalmol. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Colour photograph of the dislocated IntraLase flap in the left eye with fluorescein staining of the exposed stroma
Note the small strand of residual tissue which held the flap at 3 o'clock (white arrow). The black arrow shows the localization of the incised corneal wound outside the flap margin at 10 o'clock.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Colour photograph of the external ocular findings
The black arrow shows the skin laceration.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Colour photograph showing the sutures at postoperative week 10.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Colour photograph showing the appearance of the cornea at postoperative month 9.
Figure 5
Figure 5. Slit lamp view of the cornea showing radial peripheral opacities (arrows).
Figure 6
Figure 6. Final corneal topography.
Figure 7
Figure 7. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (Visante OCT) shows focal interface hyperreflectivity at the peripheral nasal margin of the flap, where the incised corneal wound was (arrow).
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