Management of Striae after LASIK with the Excimer Laser
by Bojan Pajic

Jaypee’s Video Atlas of Ophthalmic Surgery (Vol. 2)

by Ashok Garg
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Once there are some striae, then the main problems is how to treat. There are some strategies of flap mobilization and swelling with hypertonic solution, but as soon as the flap edema disappears then the striae return. Thus another way has to be gone. In our treatment strategy we remove the epithelial cells that the striae are in the middle and one part of flap border are epithelium free. In a second step a PTK treatment with the Excimer laser have to be performed in the epithelium free area. A

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