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ReviewTaiwan journal of ophthalmology

Femtosecond laser-assisted corneal transplantation.

Chang Liu, Jodhbir S Mehta, Yu-Chi Liu

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Review in Taiwan journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Advances in corneal transplantation.Eye (London, England) · 2025
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  3. Article
  4. Scleral lenses and PROSE: indications, complications, and future challenges.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2025
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  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chang LiuTissue Engineering and Cell Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore.
Jodhbir S MehtaTissue Engineering and Cell Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore.
Yu-Chi LiuTissue Engineering and Cell Therapy Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corneal transplantation is the only surgical option to improve symptoms and vision in patients with severe corneal opacification. With the evolution and development of keratoplasty techniques, corneal surgeons can perform customized keratoplasty, with complex graft-host junctions to promote wound healing and accelerate visual rehabilitation. Femtosecond laser (FSL) enable customization of the thickness and shape of the graft has been used for trephination of both donor and recipient corneas and for creating special wound configurations. In this review, we have summarized the intraoperative application and postoperative outcomes of FSL-assisted keratoplasties, including penetrating keratoplasty, anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK), deep ALK, Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (EK), and Descemet membrane EK. Although FSL allows for the customization and precision in keratoplasty, several concerns, such as cost-effectiveness, limit its wider clinical adoption. Hence, more work is required to weigh the advantages and limitations of the FSL applications in corneal transplantation.

Indexed as

Anterior lamellar keratoplastydeep anterior lamellar keratoplastyDescemet membrane endothelial keratoplastyDescemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplastyfemtosecond laserpenetrating keratoplasty

Identifiers

PMID38089510
PMCPMC10712759

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