Corneal intrastromal tissue modeling with the femtosecond laser.

Purpose: To determine whether central corneal thinning and flattening can be achieved by intrastromal photodisruption using a femtosecond (fs) laser.

Setting: Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Methods: Fourteen horizontal, parallel intrastromal cuts were performed on rabbit eyes using a fs laser.