Difficult and Complicated Cases in Refractive Surgery

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Hyperopic Result After Corneal Wavefront-Guided PRK on an RK Eye....Pages 5-9
Refractive Laser Treatment Post Phakic IOLs by LASIK....Pages 11-13
Refractive Laser Treatment Post ICL in High Myopia by PRK....Pages 15-17
IOL Calculation in a Previous Refractive Hyperopic Patient....Pages 19-21
Refractive Surprise After Cataract Surgery Solved by Surface Ablation of a Patient That Underwent Corneal Refractive Surgery 12 Years Ago....Pages 23-25
Post-refractive Surgery IOL Power Calculation, Intraoperative Aberrometry....Pages 27-30
Refractive Lens Exchange for High Hyperopic Astigmatism Followed by LASIK....Pages 31-36
Trans-epithelial Phototherapeutic Keratectomy for Irregularly Irregular Astigmatism....Pages 37-42
Sequential Custom Therapeutic Keratectomy for Irregular Astigmatism....Pages 43-49
Combined Post-keratoplasty LASIK/AK to Treat High Astigmatism....Pages 51-56
Avoiding Corneal Graft: From Corneal Surgery to Phakic IOL....Pages 57-60
Excimer Laser Treatment of Irregular Astigmatism Following Phaco Wound Burn....Pages 61-64
Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Superficial Lamellar Keratectomy for the Treatment of Superficial Corneal Leukomas....Pages 65-68
Managing LASIK Hyperopic Shift with a Multifocal Lens....Pages 69-72
LASIK and Severe Anisometropia in a Child....Pages 73-75
Refractive Laser Treatment Plan, Night Vision Disturbance....Pages 77-79
Use of Excimer Laser Surgery for Monovision in Cases of Unsatisfactory Outcome Following Cataract Surgery....Pages 81-82
Error in the Excimer Refractive Program: From a Simple Mistake to a Major Clinical Problem....Pages 83-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-88
Buttonhole Flaps....Pages 89-95
Incomplete LASIK Flap....Pages 97-101
Front Matter....Pages 87-88
Dislocated Flaps....Pages 103-107
Perforated Femtosecond Laser-Created Flap....Pages 109-112
Thin Flap Complications....Pages 113-115
Vertical Gas Breakthrough During Femtosecond Laser Flap Creation for Laser In Situ Keratomileusis in an Eye with Previous Microkeratome Flap....Pages 117-119
Intraoperative Complications: Free Cap in Femtosecond LASIK....Pages 121-122
Limitations of Reorientation of a LASIK Free Cap....Pages 123-126
Flap Lost....Pages 127-129
Decentered Flap in Hyperopic IntraLASIK: Sometimes to Delay Is to Succeed....Pages 131-132
Suction Break During Raster Pattern and Before Side Cut....Pages 133-136
Suction Break After Complete Raster Pattern and Incomplete Side Cut....Pages 137-139
Suction Loss After Complete Raster Pattern and No Side Cut, No Flap Lift, and Rainbow Glare....Pages 141-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-148
Interface Infection Following LASIK....Pages 149-151
Infections After Refractive Surgery....Pages 153-155
Staphylococcal Hypersensitivity Keratitis Following Femtosecond LASIK....Pages 157-159
DLK Early....Pages 161-165
GAPP Syndrome....Pages 167-169
Pressure-Induced Interlamellar Stromal Keratitis....Pages 171-173
Early Flap Striae....Pages 175-176
Management of Recalcitrant Flap Macrostriae....Pages 177-181
Marginal Sterile Corneal Infiltrates....Pages 183-185
Front Matter....Pages 147-148
Hypersensitivity to Vancomycin....Pages 187-189
Management of Traumatic LASIK Flap Edge Invagination....Pages 191-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-200
Dry Eye Syndrome: Ocular Surface Syndrome After Lasik and Treated with Eye Platelet-Rich Plasma (E-PRP)....Pages 201-203
Dry Eye Syndrome: Management of Post-LASIK Dry Eye Disease....Pages 205-207
Dry Eye Syndrome: Recurrent Epithelial Erosion After LASIK....Pages 209-211
Dry Eye Syndrome: Severe Ocular Surface Inflammatory Syndrome Post LASIK Caused by Blepharitis....Pages 213-215
Epithelial Ingrowth: Epithelial Ingrowth into Visual Axis After Primary LASIK Surgery Treated by Flap Elevation and Scraping....Pages 217-219
Epithelial Ingrowth: Use of Topography in the Management....Pages 221-223
Epithelial Ingrowth After LASIK....Pages 225-228
Corneal Ectasia: Management of Corneal Ectasia After LASIK with Dovetail Femtosecond Penetrating Keratoplasty....Pages 229-234
Corneal Ectasia: Ectasia Post LASIK Managed by Femtosecond-Assisted Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK)....Pages 235-240
Corneal Ectasia: Management of Corneal Ectasia After LASIK with Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) and Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) with Mitomycin C....Pages 241-244
Corneal Ectasia: Transepithelial Phototherapeutic Keratectomy and Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for a Patient Affected by Ectasia Post-LASIK with High Coma Aberration....Pages 245-248
Other Complications: Late Flap Striae....Pages 249-251
Other Complications: Scarring....Pages 253-254
Other Complications: Abnormal Healing in Femtosecond LASIK....Pages 255-257
Other Complications: Haze-Related Myopic Shift After PRK on a LASIK-Operated Eye Treated by Transepithelial PTK....Pages 259-262
Other Complications: Late-Onset Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis After LASIK in a Patient with Epithelial Defect After Microtrauma....Pages 263-265
Other Complications: Late-Onset Myopic Regression 12 Years Following Properly Centered Myopic LASIK....Pages 267-270
Other Complications: Late-Onset Unilateral Irregular Mixed Astigmatism Following Thick-Flap LASIK....Pages 271-277
Front Matter....Pages 197-200
Other Complications: Flap Lift After 15 Years....Pages 279-282
Other Complications: Ptosis After LASIK....Pages 283-285
Other Complications: Management of Recalcitrant Late-Onset DLK After Hyperopic LASIK....Pages 287-292
Other Complications: Management of Apparent Corneal Infiltrates After Cataract Surgery in a Patient with Previous LASIK Treatment....Pages 293-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-298
PRK and Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis....Pages 299-302
Monolateral Streptococcus pneumoniae Keratitis After Photorefractive Keratotomy (PRK)....Pages 303-305
Abnormal Healing....Pages 307-309
Dry Eye and PRK....Pages 311-316
Treatment of Post-PRK or Post-RK Haze by Two-Stage Transepithelial PRK with Mitomycin C....Pages 317-321
A Case of Severe Haze After PRK in a Patient Treated by a 6th-Generation Excimer Laser....Pages 323-325
Ectasia Post PRK at Delayed Onset....Pages 327-330
Late-Onset Consecutive Hyperopia Following Decentered Myopic PRK....Pages 331-334
Twelve Years of Follow-Up of PRK in a Patient with −22 Diopter Myopia....Pages 335-337
Front Matter....Pages 339-340
Complications of Corneal Inlays (Inlay Displacement)....Pages 341-343
AcuFocus® Inlay Implant Reversibility....Pages 345-348
Corneal Melting and Neovascularization Associated with Ring Segment Extrusion 6 Months After the Surgery....Pages 349-351
Management of Poor Vision Following INTACS Implantation for Keratoconus....Pages 353-357
Refractive Surprise After PRK in Patient with INTACS. Reversibility of Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments. Refractive and Topographic Changes....Pages 359-363
Front Matter....Pages 365-366
Artisan Lens Dislocation....Pages 367-368
Iris and Crystalline Lens Damage During Phakic IOL Surgery....Pages 369-370
Front Matter....Pages 365-366
Angle-Supported Phakic IOL....Pages 371-374
Phakic IOL Optic Luxation in a Two-Pieces (Kelman Duet) Lens Separation....Pages 375-376
Angle-Supported Phakic IOL Migration Following Trauma....Pages 377-379
Misaligned STAAR Toric Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL)....Pages 381-383
ICL and Sequential Bilateral Pupillary Block....Pages 385-387
Complications of Phakic Intraocular Lenses: Refractive Lens Exchange and Piggyback....Pages 389-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-394
Haze....Pages 395-399
Microbial Keratitis After Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking....Pages 401-404
Limitations of PRK After ICRS and Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Keratoconus....Pages 405-410
PACK-CXL Treatment of Acanthamoeba Keratitis Following PRK....Pages 411-413
CXL and Delayed Wound Healing....Pages 415-417
CXL in Pediatric Age....Pages 419-422
Front Matter....Pages 423-424
Solving Refractive Complications after RK Correction of Hyperopic Shift....Pages 425-432
Variability of Astigmatic Keratotomy....Pages 433-437
Cataract Surgery Complications of Radial Keratotomy....Pages 439-444
Lasik Surgery After Arcuate Lamellar Keratotomy....Pages 445-447
Front Matter....Pages 449-450
CNV After LASIK....Pages 451-453
LASIK Flap Displacement During Vitrectomy....Pages 455-456
NIAON After LASIK....Pages 457-459
Macular Hole After LASIK....Pages 461-463
Front Matter....Pages 449-450
Retinal Detachment After LASIK....Pages 465-467
Back Matter....Pages 469-479