title: Traumatic corneal flap dehiscence 6 years after LASIK.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of LASIK flap dehiscence caused by blunt trauma 6 years after uneventful refractive surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 32-year-old man presented 3 hours after being struck by a carton edge in his left cornea, causing dehiscence of the LASIK flap.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At initial examination, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was 20/200 in the left eye. Minimal flap dehiscence was seen on the inferior corneal quadrant. A therapeutic bandage soft contact lens was placed and topical medical therapy was administered. Ten days after trauma, UCVA was 20/50 and best spectacle-corrected visual acuity was 20/30 in the left eye. At 7-month follow-up, the patient's clinical status did not change.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Blunt corneal trauma occurring several years after uneventful LASIK may cause corneal flap dehiscence. Appropriate and prompt treatment usually is successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. guziniskeleli@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Güzin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iskeleli
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozkok
authors.forename: Erdogan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cicik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000293:injuries*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*