Bilateral ectasia after femtosecond laser–assisted small-incision lenticule extraction

This case report describes clinical and topographic features of bilateral corneal ectasia after femtosecond laser–assisted small-incision lenticule extraction. The case suggests that patients with preoperative forme fruste keratoconus or early keratoconus might develop significant progression of cor...

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Published inJournal of cataract and refractive surgery Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 884 - 888
Main Author El-Naggar, Mohamed Tarek, MD, FRCS
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2015
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Adult
Corneal Stroma - surgery
Corneal Surgery, Laser - adverse effects
Corneal Topography
Dilatation, Pathologic - etiology
Dilatation, Pathologic - surgery
Humans
Keratoconus - etiology
Keratoconus - surgery
Male
Myopia - surgery
Ophthalmology
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Summary:This case report describes clinical and topographic features of bilateral corneal ectasia after femtosecond laser–assisted small-incision lenticule extraction. The case suggests that patients with preoperative forme fruste keratoconus or early keratoconus might develop significant progression of corneal ectasia after the small-incision lenticule extraction procedure and shows that the procedure can affect the corneal biomechanics. Financial Disclosure The author has no financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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ISSN:0886-3350
1873-4502
DOI:10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.02.008