title: Corneal haze after mechanical debridement for overcorrection after myopic photorefractive keratectomy.
abstract: A 47-year-old man had photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) to correct myopia. Three months after surgery he was slightly overcorrected with +1.25-0.5/170 degrees. He then suffered a gout attack and showed a refraction of +2.5-0.5/4 degrees which decreased to +1.75-0.5 degrees. To reduce this permanent overcorrection we performed mechanical debridement of the corneal epithelium. the patient had haze grade 2-3 after 2 weeks and haze grade 0-1 some 4 months later. The refraction was +1-0.5/25 degrees. This case report indicates that mechanical debridement is able to reduce overcorrection after PRK and bears a risk of haze formation comparable to that associated with PRK.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Hospital Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Förster
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ratkay
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Busse
mesh_terms: D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003646:Debridement / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000209:etiology; D054140:Refractive Surgical Procedures; D012086:Reoperation; D014792:Visual Acuity