Bandage Contact Lens Application Reduces Fibrotic Wound Healing of Flap Margins after FS-LASIK: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

Figure 3

Corneal flap margin and adjacent regions photographed by slit-lamp biomicroscopy at 6 months after surgery. A smooth circumferential band that is slightly wider (white arrow) on the nasal side in the non-BCL-treated right eye (a) and a smooth, narrow circumferential band in the BCL-treated left eye (b) of a patient. A circumferential band with a slightly more reflective focal scar (white arrow) on the nasal side in the non-BCL-treated right eye (c) and a less reflective circumferential band in the BCL-treated left eye (d) of a patient.

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