First efficacy and safety study of femtosecond lenticule extraction for the correction of myopia: six-month results.

Purpose: To prospectively study the feasibility of femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLE), a new method of refractive correction.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Philipps University of Marburg and Helios Clinic, Erfurt, Germany.

Methods: A flap and a lenticule of intrastromal corneal tissue were simultaneously cut with a VisuMax femtosecond laser system.