Two cases of a penetrating keratoplasty with tissue from a donor who had undergone LASIK surgery.
OBJECTIVE
To report two cases of penetrating keratoplasty using tissue from a donor who had undergone laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery before its transplantation.


METHODS
Two patients who had penetrating keratoplasties and received donor corneas from eyes that had previous LASIK.


METHODS
The two patients underwent corneal transplantation by two different surgeons who were unaware that the donor eyes had previous LASIK treatment.


RESULTS
Penetrating keratoplasty was completed without complication in both cases, although a separation of the corneal lamellae was noted during surgery in one of the cases. The two patients are doing well at 5.5 months postsurgery.


CONCLUSIONS
With the increasing popularity of laser refractive surgery, eye banks should increase their awareness and refine screening techniques to rule out refractive surgery in the donor corneas. The long-term follow-up of those patients will reveal if surgical success was compromised by prior refractive surgery.
Michaeli-Cohen
Adi
A
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada. drcohen58@hotmail.com
Lambert
Anelise Caron
AC
Coloma
Fides
F
Rootman
David S
DS
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D005125:Eye Banks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000601:surgery*; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014945:Wound Healing