Photorefractive keratectomy in eyes with congenital nystagmus.
BACKGROUND
We report 2 eyes of 2 patients with nystagmus and myopia who underwent photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) to correct myopia.


METHODS
A 32-year old male patient with a baseline spectacle-corrected visual acuity of 20/40 had PRK with an Aesculap Meditec MEL 60 excimer laser with a suction ring system for correction of a spherical equivalent of -8.25 diopters (D). A 19-year old male patient with baseline spectacle-corrected visual acuity of 20/50 had PRK with an Autonomous Technologies T-PRK flying spot and tracking excimer laser to correct a spherical equivalent of -5.00 D.


RESULTS
Twenty-seven months after PRK, the operated eye of the 32-year old patient had an uncorrected visual acuity of 20/32 and a spectacle-corrected visual acuity of 20/25. Six months postoperatively, the operated eye of the 19-year old patient had uncorrected and spectacle-corrected visual acuity of 20/50.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with nystagmus are eligible for PRK to correct their refractive error with these two laser systems.
Siganos
D S
DS
Heraklion University Hospital, Dept of Ophthalmology, Crete, Greece. siganos@med.uch.gr
Evangelatou
K A
KA
Papadaki
T G
TG
Katsanevaki
V J
VJ
Dagos
A I
AI
Pallikaris
I G
IG
D000328:Adult; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity