Occurrence of large intraoperative epithelium sloughing/defects during LASIK might be a diagnostic sign for subclinical EBMD. These patients are predisposed to multiple postoperative complications. Because of the high risk for epithelial sloughing in the second eye, LASIK should not be performed.
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