CORRELATION OF THE POSTOPERATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CORNEA AFTER LASIK-ASSOCIATED DRY EYE

The study included 32 patients (32 eyes), mean age was 28.25 ± 7 years, 11 men and 21 women. Surgery was performed Laser Surgery devisionof Ophthalmology Department of the Military Medical Academy. The correlation of BUT with the of the flap diameter, depth of ablation and thickness of the corneal flap were (r =-0.2856, p = 0.1332); (r =-0.3685, p=0.0492); (r =-0.3378, p=0.0731) respectively. The integral index "volume of tissue altered" is a multiplication of three morphometric measurements of the cornea (flap diameter, ablation depth and thickness of the corneal flap), showed a significant correlation with the BUT (r =-0.4904, p =0.0044). The strength of the connection of the BUT and the integral index "volume of a damaged tissue" exceeds the force of the bonds with the individual morphometric characteristics of the cornea. This suggests a large diagnostic potential of the proposed integral indicator in the prediction of postoperative LADE.