Safer surface ablation option
Orca Surgical, developer of EBK, a new treatment procedure for surface epithelium removal, has announced positive results of a clinical study on the safety and efficacy conducted by Dr José L Güell at the IMO Center in Barcelona. Dr Güell is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Autonoma University of Barcelona since 1991.
The study, in which Orca Surgical’s the Epi-Clearâ„¢ device was used, suggests that doctors should take into consideration treatment bed condition and risk of corneal trauma when performing surface ablation. “The Epi-Clear is an excellent device for de-epithelisation in PRK, CXL and epithelial biopsies,†says Dr Güell. “The rate of re-epithelisation is much faster than with other methods.â€