TY - JOUR T1 - Femtosecond laser versus manual dissection for top hat penetrating keratoplasty JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 139 LP - 140 DO - 10.1136/bjo.2009.160663 VL - 94 IS - 1 AU - G van Rij AU - I E Y Saelens AU - M C Bartels Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/94/1/139.2.abstract N2 - We read the article by Bahar et al with much interest.1 We agree with the authors that IntraLase-enabled top hat penetrating keratoplasty (IEK) and manual top hat penetrating keratoplasty (TH-PKP) are safe and stable procedures that result in higher endothelial cell counts then for conventional PKP. However, we do not think that their statement that IEK results in less astigmatism and better best spectacle-corrected visual acuity … ER -