title: Excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy for treatment of recurrent corneal erosion.
abstract: Two patients with a history of frequent recurrent corneal erosion for whom standard medical therapy was determined ineffective had phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) with an excimer laser. Before treatment, one patient had four episodes in a six-month period; the other had ten to 20 recurrences with four serious episodes in a seven-month period. After PTK, neither patient had a recurrence after 18 months follow-up. Subjectively, both patients felt the treated area healed faster than previous abrasions. Vision, refraction, keratometry, and corneal thickness measurements appeared unaffected by the treatment.
authors.affiliation: John-Kenyon Eye Research Foundation, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Van der Karr
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Noblitt
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Boleyn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014792:Visual Acuity