title: Small-incision lenticule extraction in posterior polymorphic corneal dystrophy.
abstract: We present the case of a 37-year-old man with posterior polymorphic corneal dystrophy who had small-incision lenticule extraction surgery to correct myopic refractive errors. The subjective refraction was -2.62 in the right eye and -2.50 -0.25 × 80 in the left eye. Slitlamp biomicroscopy revealed a band-like lesion in the corneal endothelium of the right eye. The endothelial cell count was 1745 cells/mm(2) in the right eye and 2945 cells/mm(2) in the left eye. Small-incision lenticule extraction was performed to correct the myopic refractive errors in both eyes. Twelve months after surgery, the uncorrected distance visual acuity in both eyes was 20/20 and the posterior polymorphic corneal dystrophy lesion had not progressed. The case suggests that small-incision lenticule extraction surgery can be performed successfully and safely in patients with posterior polymorphic corneal dystrophy.
  
  
  
  None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
authors.affiliation: From the NUNEMISO Eye Center (Park, Lee, Koo) and the Research Institute for Biomacromolecules (Park), University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: drpark99@naver.com.
authors.forename: Jin Hyoung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: From the NUNEMISO Eye Center (Park, Lee, Koo) and the Research Institute for Biomacromolecules (Park), University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: From the NUNEMISO Eye Center (Park, Lee, Koo) and the Research Institute for Biomacromolecules (Park), University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Koo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000601:surgery*; D003319:Corneal Stroma; D048988:Corneal Surgery, Laser; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity