title: Laser in situ keratomileusis flap stability in an aviator following aircraft ejection.
abstract: We present the case of a 28-year-old male F/A-18F Super Hornet naval flight officer who ejected from an aircraft at 13 000 feet at a speed in excess of 350 knots 7 years after uneventful laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). The patient was evaluated the day after the ejection. No LASIK flap complications or epithelial defects were found, and the corrected distance visual acuity was 20/15 in both eyes.
  
  
  
  None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
authors.affiliation: From Carrier Air Wing ONE (Richmond), Branch Health Clinic Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, the Department of Ophthalmology (Barker, Levine), Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Hofmeister), Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.affiliation: From Carrier Air Wing ONE (Richmond), Branch Health Clinic Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, the Department of Ophthalmology (Barker, Levine), Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Hofmeister), Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. Electronic address: patrick.d.barker.mil@mail.mil.
authors.forename: Patrick D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.affiliation: From Carrier Air Wing ONE (Richmond), Branch Health Clinic Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, the Department of Ophthalmology (Barker, Levine), Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Hofmeister), Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: Edgar M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.affiliation: From Carrier Air Wing ONE (Richmond), Branch Health Clinic Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, the Department of Ophthalmology (Barker, Levine), Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia, and the Department of Ophthalmology (Hofmeister), Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hofmeister
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000401:Aircraft; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000628:therapy; D000070356:Pilots