First Experience in Small Incision Lenticule Extraction with the Femto LDV Z8 and Lenticule Evaluation Using Scanning Electron Microscopy

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Suspected traces of cavitation bubbles on the lenticule surfaces under scanning electron microscope, ×180 magnification. (a), (b) The posterior lenticule surfaces created by Femto LDV Z8 and VisuMax, respectively. Compared with (a), the rougher surface of (b) was speculated to be caused by cavitation bubbles during VisuMax SMILE surgeries. (c) The white spots were artificially marked on (b) to show the sites of suspected traces of cavitation bubbles.