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It is rare to have a complete raster pattern and not be able to obtain suction to complete the side cut. The presence of the raster pattern in the cornea is invisible on slit-lamp examination, but this spectral pattern of disruption of the stroma can be a cause of troublesome “rainbow glare.” This does not always resolve and a PRK on the surface would be above the original raster pattern and would not eliminate the “rainbow glare.” Finding the same interface and performing a side cut only can be challenging.
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Salz, J.J. (2015). Suction Loss After Complete Raster Pattern and No Side Cut, No Flap Lift, and Rainbow Glare. In: Alió, J., Azar, D., Abbouda, A., Aswad, A. (eds) Difficult and Complicated Cases in Refractive Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55238-0_31
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