Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis of Clear Corneal Incision: Effect of the Lateral Stromal Hydration

Figure 3

Prominence of posterior lip of the corneal incision before (a) and after (b) hydration, tongue inversion into the incision before (c) and after (d) hydration. In both cases, lateral stromal hydration had no significant effect on corneal incision architecture. The arrow shows the exposed central part of the incision ceiling; this may explain the gap of the incision orifice visible with a operating microscope (see Figure 3(b) corresponds with 5(a), respectively, and 3(c) with 5(b)).

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