FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: method involves separating flap from corneal stroma stromal bed and one that projecting beyond the flap edge. The stromal bed is washed, the flap is wetted and laid to its place. Flap folds are eliminated by mechanically removing epithelium from the surface by means of blade instrument. The epithelium removal starts from flap pedicle base in moving over the center towards the opposite edge. Then the whole flap is sequentially cleared from epithelium making movements in perpendicular to fold direction sector-by-sector beginning from sector having folds moving from the center in radial direction. The flap is hold with the instrument at the opposite side. The folds are smoothed with blunt instrument. Soft contact lens is laid over cornea.
EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment; reduced risk of traumatic complications and infection occurrence; returned vision acuity.
