**8. Applications in ophthalmology**

As described above, FSL has several advantages, such as minimum collateral damage, which enables bladeless high-precision incisions within the tissue by different patterns and depths. Accordingly, FSL has been implemented in several ophthalmologic surgical procedures, which has substantially revolutionized the safety, precision, and predictability of surgeries (**Figure 7**). The ongoing advances in FSL technology since its introduction are making the newer machines with improved postsurgical outcomes in terms of visual quality, stability of treatments, and complications [14].

Fs-laser cuts can be used to produce "pockets" in the cornea, from which either material can be extracted or implanted, in a variety of refractive surgeries (**Figure 8**). The cornea's refracting power is altered in both scenarios.
