Making the flap by flaporhexis - 2005 Intralase femto-LASER User Meeting in Munich (by Dr.W.Pfaeffl) скачать в хорошем качестве

Making the flap by flaporhexis - 2005 Intralase femto-LASER User Meeting in Munich (by Dr.W.Pfaeffl)

This is the first public Video of "Flaporhexis", demonstrated by Wolfgang Pfaeffl MD. PHD. on the 1. Intralase user meeting in Munich in 2005 as innovative new technique of making the corneal flap, when the femtosecond laser is used for dissecting the the cornea as first step of the SBK-LASIK. At that time no specific forceps was available and the Buratto forceps was used for the time beeing. Flaporhexis primarily was developed for the introduction of femtosecond laser technology to reduce the mechanical trauma associated with separating the corneal tissue by taking advantage of the cornea’s natural anatomy and was first described in a peer reviewed artice in 2008. The anterior part of the cornea tends to be stronger, thereby allowing tearing (Greek “rhexis”) along the preformed cuts of the femtosecond photo disruption. Flaporhexis differs from Binder’s at that time wide spread technique of “hinge opening” as published in 2006 (Perry Binder) by opening the flap from the opposite side. If a femtosecond flap lift is performed correctly, the surgeon will find a virgin, uniform, dry stromal bed, which had not been manipulated by any surgical instrument and is therefore perfect for wavefront guided laser surgery as “Sub-Bowman’s Keratomileusis”. A special set of instruments, the Flaporhexis forceps as well as the FlapLifter was developed to reduce the complication of flap bit outs.