title: [Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) and bullous keratopathy: case report].
abstract: The objective is to evaluate the effects of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in bullous keratopathy patients. Phototherapeutic keratectomy was performed in a pseudophakic patient with corneal decompensation after lens extraction, with the excimer laser Nidek EC 5000 after manual corneal epithelial debridement. There was no pain after fifteen days the laser application and during the eight months of follow-up. Visual acuity was unchanged. The phototherapeutic keratectomy excimer laser must be considered one more alternative for pain treatment in bullous keratopathy of pseudophakic patients.
authors.affiliation: Hospital CEMA, São Paulo, SP. wobeid@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Wilson Nahmatallah
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Obeid
authors.forename: Karina de Paula
authors.initials: Kde P
authors.lastname: Richinho
authors.forename: Alex Piai
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Osores
authors.forename: Marco Antônio de Campos
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Rita de Cássia Lima
authors.initials: Rde C
authors.lastname: Obeid
authors.forename: Luiz Antônio
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Vieira
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity