Research Article

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

Table 3

Treatment durations of the two femtosecond laser platforms.

PlatformFemto LDV Z8VisuMax
Eye no.Eye 1Eye 2Eye 3M ± SDEye 4Eye 5Eye 6M ± SD
SurgeonsDr. WDr. LDr. ZDr. WDr. LDr. Z

Time for suction peak pressure (sec)8.58.38.28.3 ± 0.22.02.12.02.0 ± 0.1
Time for OCT scanning (sec)12.113.012.812.6 ± 0.5
Time for offsetting (sec)6.29.85.07.0 ± 2.5
Time for total laser application (sec)50.552.350.251.0 ± 1.120.722.521.021.4 ± 1.0
Time for total surgery (sec)263.3277.2254.8265.1 ± 11.3164.8175.7179.5173.3 ± 7.6

Sec, second; M ± SD, mean ± standard deviation.