title: [Two cases of retinal detachment following laser in Situ keratomileusis repaired by scleral buckling surgery].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  As laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) becomes the treatment of choice in the field of refractive surgery, postoperative rhegmatogenous retinal detachment has also begun to occur. However, since it has not been reported yet here in Japan, we report two cases of retinal detachment following LASIK with suggestions based on our experience.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 34-year-old male(Case 1) and a 26-year-old male(Case 2) suffered from retinal detachment one month and eight months after LASIK, respectively. Contributing retinal breaks were a horseshoe tear in Case 1 and atrophic holes in the lattice degeneration in Case 2. Each patient underwent partial scleral buckling with no intraoperative complication, resulting in successful retinal reattachment. Postoperatively, myopic changes developed and persisted one month in Case 1 and several months in Case 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Great attention should be paid to the possibility of postoperative myopia after a repair of retinal detachment following LASIK. Thus, we stress the necessity of close cooperation between LASIK surgeons and vitreoretinal surgeons to settle the matter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onguchi
authors.forename: Tadahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eshita
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mita
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinoda
authors.forename: Shizuaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oguchi
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling