Fig. 3From: Corneal subbasal nerve plexus reinnervation and stromal cell morphology with different cap thicknesses in small incision lenticule extractionRepresentative images of extracted lenticule plane in three different groups. The activation of keratocytes was alleviated time-dependently. Some light-scattering particles were observed (white arrow), which may be due to keratocyte necrosis and apoptosis. The set of five images in each group showing alterations of the keratocytes during the 6-month follow-up after the procedure were taken from the same individual. Field size: 400 μm × 400 μm. m, month; w, week; preop, preoperative; postop, postoperativeBack to article page