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Nd:YAG-Assisted Ablation of Post-Traumatic Epithelial Ingrowths in a LASIK Flap
| Summary: | Ten years after uneventful laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), a 44-year-old man presented to the emergency de- partment after suffering blunt trauma to his left eye 1 week earlier, reporting intense glare. Although the flap was not dislocated, a central tear near the optical axis was identi- fied (Fig. 1), with several adjacent inframillimetric epithe- lial ingrowths (hyperreflective densities located between the flap and the stromal bed; Fig. 1, yellow arrowheads). The epithelial ingrowths were treated with Nd:YAG laser (48 spots, 0.3 mJ average energy). All opacities disappea- red after four weeks, with no recurrence after six months of follow-up (Fig. 2). |
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| Main Authors: | Costa, Celso |
| Other Authors: | Rodrigues , Tiago M.; Rosa, Andreia |
| Subject: | Comunicações Curtas e Imagens em Oftalmologia |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | report |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia |
| Summary: | Ten years after uneventful laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), a 44-year-old man presented to the emergency de- partment after suffering blunt trauma to his left eye 1 week earlier, reporting intense glare. Although the flap was not dislocated, a central tear near the optical axis was identi- fied (Fig. 1), with several adjacent inframillimetric epithe- lial ingrowths (hyperreflective densities located between the flap and the stromal bed; Fig. 1, yellow arrowheads). The epithelial ingrowths were treated with Nd:YAG laser (48 spots, 0.3 mJ average energy). All opacities disappea- red after four weeks, with no recurrence after six months of follow-up (Fig. 2). |
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