title: Macular hole after laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe three myopic patients who developed unilateral macular hole after undergoing bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis or photorefractive keratectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three eyes of three myopic patients developed a macular hole in one eye after bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis or photorefractive keratectomy. The macular hole formed between 4 to 7 weeks after laser in situ keratomileusis in case 1 (a 48-year-old woman), and within 2 months after laser in situ keratomileusis in case 2 (a 36-year-old woman). In case 3 (a 45-year-old man), the macular hole was found 9 months after photorefractive keratectomy. A vitrectomy closed the macular hole of case 1 with final best-corrected visual acuity of 20/25 and case 2 with 20/30, whereas case 3 declined further surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A macular hole may develop in myopic eyes after laser in situ keratomileusis or photorefractive keratectomy. Vitreoretinal interface changes may play a role.
authors.affiliation: Southern California Desert and Inland Retina Consultants, Palm Springs, California 92263, USA. PSChan@AOL.com
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000009:adverse effects*; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy