TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral keratectasia after unilateral laser in situ keratomileusis
T2 - A retrospective diagnosis of ectatic corneal disorder
AU - Wang, Jim C.
AU - Hufnagel, Thierry J.
AU - Buxton, Douglas F.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - We present a case of iatrogenic keratectasia in the left eye after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with 14 μm of stromal ablation. Preoperative evaluation did not show significant evidence of keratoconus or forme fruste keratoconus in either eye. Twenty months postoperatively, in addition to postoperative ectasia in the left eye, the right eye developed mild changes in manifest refraction and on corneal topography. A retrospective diagnosis of ectatic corneal disorder was made in a patient who had no obvious findings of corneal pathology prior to LASIK.
AB - We present a case of iatrogenic keratectasia in the left eye after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with 14 μm of stromal ablation. Preoperative evaluation did not show significant evidence of keratoconus or forme fruste keratoconus in either eye. Twenty months postoperatively, in addition to postoperative ectasia in the left eye, the right eye developed mild changes in manifest refraction and on corneal topography. A retrospective diagnosis of ectatic corneal disorder was made in a patient who had no obvious findings of corneal pathology prior to LASIK.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.08.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 14604728
AN - SCOPUS:0242407354
SN - 0886-3350
VL - 29
SP - 2015
EP - 2018
JO - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
JF - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
IS - 10
ER -