[Two cases of retinal detachment following laser in Situ keratomileusis repaired by scleral buckling surgery].
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.
Onguchi
Tatsuya
T
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Eshita
Tadahiko
T
Mita
Shinji
S
Ishida
Susumu
S
Shinoda
Kei
K
Kitamura
Shizuaki
S
Kawashima
Shinichi
S
Inoue
Makoto
M
Oguchi
Yoshihisa
Y
Toda
Ikuko
I
Kato
Naoko
N
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