title: Hyperopic LASIK following intracorneal hydrogel lens explantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report hyperopic LASIK results after intracorneal hydrogel lens explantation in a bilateral hyperopic patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  Slit-lamp examination showed diffuse corneal opacity around the lens edge and over the anterior lens surface affecting both eyes with uncorrected visual acuity of 0.4 in the right eye and 0.5 in the left eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intracorneal hydrogel lenses were explanted, and 6 months later hyperopic LASIK using the Schwind ESIRIS excimer laser (Schwind, Kleinostheim, Germany) was performed after lifting the same flap for the intracorneal hydrogel lens implantation. Six months after hyperopic LASIK, visual acuity recovered to the initial preoperative best spectacle-corrected levels: right eye 0.8 with +1.50 D sphere and left eye 0.9 with +1.00 -0.50 x 90 degrees. Central corneal transparency also fully recovered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hyperopic LASIK is a possible alternative after intracorneal hydrogel lens explantation in hyperopic eyes.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Vissum, Alicante, Spain. jlalio@vissum.com
authors.forename: Jorge L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alió
authors.forename: Mohamed H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Shabayek
mesh_terms: D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012086:Reoperation; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate