Topography-guided LASIK with the wavelight laser after penetrating keratoplasty

J Refract Surg. 2006 Sep;22(7):716-9. doi: 10.3928/1081-597X-20060901-15.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of topography-guided LASIK in a patient after previous penetrating keratoplasty.

Methods: A 20-year-old man who had previous penetrating keratoplasty in his right eye for keratoconus and was intolerant to spectacles and contact lenses underwent topography-guided LASIK.

Results: Three months postoperatively, the patient's uncorrected visual acuity in the right eye was 20/25(+2). Best spectacle-corrected visual acuity was 20/20, with a manifest refraction of +0.25 -0.75 x 40 degree.

Conclusion: Topography-guided LASIK is a useful therapeutic modality to address corneal irregularity after penetrating keratoplasty.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Astigmatism / surgery
  • Corneal Stroma / surgery*
  • Corneal Topography / methods
  • Humans
  • Keratoconus / surgery
  • Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / methods*
  • Keratoplasty, Penetrating*
  • Male
  • Myopia / surgery*
  • Refraction, Ocular / physiology
  • Visual Acuity / physiology