title: Effectiveness of scraping and mitomycin C to treat haze after myopic photorefractive keratectomy.
abstract: To report the possibility of post myopic photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) haze treatment in a patient with expressed reluctance for any additional laser therapy. Seven months after bilateral PRK with subsequent development of corneal haze and refractive regression in both eyes, a 37-old-year male patient presented a best-spectacle corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) of 20/30 in the right eye and of 20/22 in the left eye. Both eyes were sequentially treated by scraping the stromal surface and application of mitomycin C (MMC) for 2 minutes. Both eyes had significant improvement in corneal transparency. Eighteen months after this treatment BSCVA had improved to 20/20 in each eye. No toxic effects were observed during either re-epithelialization or follow-up periods. In conclusion scraping and application of MMC could be considered a good tool in the treatment of selected cases of haze after myopic PRK, especially with patients that are reluctant to undergo a secondary laser procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Eye Clinic, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spadea
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Verrecchia