title: Treatment of highly aberrated eyes using the NIDEK CXIII excimer laser.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the treatment of highly aberrated eyes due to previous excimer laser surgery or trauma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three eyes (three patients) with reduced visual quality due to previous decentration or corneal laceration (one eye) underwent topography-guided ablation using the CXIII excimer laser (NIDEK Co Ltd) to correct residual refractive error and/or wavefront aberrations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperatively, one patient had a one-line increase in corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) with a reduction in visual symptoms. At 2 months postoperatively, one patient maintained CDVA, increased uncorrected distance visual acuity from 20/20 to 20/15, and reported resolution of monocular diplopia. In all cases, the functional optical zone increased and wavefront aberrations decreased with selective flattening of the intended corneal region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Topography-guided ablation is an effective treatment of severe corneal aberrations due to surgery or trauma and can be selectively used to treat higher order aberrations with or without refractive error.
authors.affiliation: Rothschild Foundation, 25 rue Manin, 75019 Paris, France. gatinel@aol.com
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gatinel
authors.forename: Harkaran S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bains
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D019781:Corneal Topography; D057108:Corneal Wavefront Aberration / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019466:Glare; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D054018:Lasers, Excimer / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery