title: Laser in situ keratomileusis: three unexpected complications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report unexpected outcomes in three patients after uneventful laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) performed using the Nidek EC-5000 excimer laser and the Hansatome microkeratome (Bausch & Lomb Surgical).
  
  
  METHODS
  LASIK was performed with the Nidek EC-5000 excimer laser and the Hansatome microkeratome (Bausch & Lomb Surgical) in three patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In three patients, unexpected outcomes were observed. One patient treated for -3.00 D of myopia presented with a central island. One patient treated for +2.00 D (+1.00 x 90 degrees) of hyperopia in both eyes ended up emmetropic in one eye and overcorrected in the fellow eye. The third patient with -12.00 D (-2.00 x 180 degrees) of myopia was treated as -8.60 -1.00 x 180 degrees and at last examination was +4.00 D. During these sessions, all other patients treated were within +/-0.50 D of emmetropia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After LASIK with the Nidek EC-5000 excimer laser and the Hansatome microkeratome (Bausch & Lomb Surgical), unexpected outcomes may still occur, despite controlling all the usual variables.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000601:surgery*; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity