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Slit lamp photograph of the injured eye five days after flap dislocation showing several macrostriae approaching the inferior visual axis.
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Ophthalmologic examination revealed a corneal flap displaced 0.25 mm inward from 4 o'clock to 9 o'clock with macrostriae approaching the visual axis inferior temporally (Figure 1).
Slit lamp photograph of the injured eye one week after surgical correction with 3 sutures removed.
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Two to three sutures were removed each visit, beginning one week after surgery in an alternating fashion (Figures 2 and 3).
Slit lamp photograph of the injured eye two weeks after surgical correction with only 3 of the original 9 sutures remaining under a bandage contact lens.
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Two to three sutures were removed each visit, beginning one week after surgery in an alternating fashion (Figures 2 and 3).
Slit lamp photograph of the injured eye four weeks after surgical correction with all sutures removed with no visible striae.
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At the most recent followup visit (Figure 4), all sutures have been removed with no visible striae.