[Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) and bullous keratopathy: case report].
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.
Obeid
Wilson Nahmatallah
WN
Hospital CEMA, São Paulo, SP. wobeid@uol.com.br
Richinho
Karina de Paula
Kde P
Osores
Alex Piai
AP
Machado
Marco Antônio de Campos
MA
Obeid
Rita de Cássia Lima
Rde C
Vieira
Luiz Antônio
LA
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