Topography-guided LASIK with the wavelight laser after penetrating keratoplasty.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of topography-guided LASIK in a patient after previous penetrating keratoplasty.


METHODS
A 20-year-old man who had previous penetrating keratoplasty in his right eye for keratoconus and was intolerant to spectacles and contact lenses underwent topography-guided LASIK.


RESULTS
Three months postoperatively, the patient's uncorrected visual acuity in the right eye was 20/25(+2). Best spectacle-corrected visual acuity was 20/20, with a manifest refraction of +0.25 -0.75 x 40 degree.


CONCLUSIONS
Topography-guided LASIK is a useful therapeutic modality to address corneal irregularity after penetrating keratoplasty.
Cosar
C Banu
CB
Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic 2, Istanbul, Turkey. cbcosar@yahoo.com
Acar
Suphi
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D000328:Adult; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000601:surgery; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007640:Keratoconus / Q000601:surgery; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000379:methods*; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology