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Intraoperative absolute FSL displacements were measured and correlated with the duration and ease of CAG peel, CAG thickness, measured with intraoperative optical coherence tomography, and deviation from intended graft thickness.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The median absolute FSL displacement was 22 \u03bcm (interquartile range [IQR] 14.7 to 60.8), while median vertical FSL displacement was 14.7 \u03bcm (IQR 7.3 to 44) and median horizontal FSL displacement was 22.0 \u03bcm (IQR 14.7 to 44). 65.7% had a grade 1 peel, 11.4% had grade 2 peel, 14.3% had grade 3 peel and 8.6% had grade 4 peel. The median duration of CAG peel was 5.4 seconds (IQR 3 to 21.4). The median CAG thickness was 69 \u03bcm (IQR 60.3 to 78.5), and the median deviation from targeted graft thickness was 9 \u03bcm (IQR 1 to 16). Eyes with more difficult peels and longer duration of CAG peels had significantly greater vertical FSL displacements (p = 0.04 and 0.02 respectively), but not horizontal displacement, age, ethnicity, CAG thickness or deviation from original thickness, compared to those with better quality and shorter duration peels. 1 eye (2.9%) had an incomplete CAG peel with a buttonhole and 2 eyes had graft tears (5.7%).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Micro-displacements during the suction-free CAG preparation are common but they did not affect the quality of the CAG peel, duration of peel, or CAG thickness. However, vertical globe displacement during FSL-assisted CAG creation was significantly associated with a more difficult and longer CAG peel duration. 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