Small-incision lenticule extraction in a patient with congenital nystagmus.
We report a case of a 23-year-old woman with congenital nystagmus who had small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure to correct refractive errors. The manifest refraction was -5.50 -1.75 × 180 in the right eye, -5.0 -2.50 × 180 in the left eye, and the patient presented with horizontal pendular nystagmus with an amplitude range of 5 to 10 degrees. Uneventful simultaneous bilateral small-incision lenticule extraction was performed. Six months postoperatively, the uncorrected distance visual acuity was 20/18 with -0.25, -0.25 × 80 in the right eye, and 20/20 with +0.25 -0.5 × 50 in the left eye. The case suggests that small-incision lenticule extraction can be an effective alternative for correcting myopic astigmatism in patients with nystagmus.
From the Onnuri Smile Eye Clinic, Seoul, South Korea.
Bu Ki
BK
Kim
From the Onnuri Smile Eye Clinic, Seoul, South Korea.
Su Joung
SJ
Mun
From the Onnuri Smile Eye Clinic, Seoul, South Korea.
Dae Gyu
DG
Lee
From the Onnuri Smile Eye Clinic, Seoul, South Korea.
Hyun Tae
HT
Choi
From the Onnuri Smile Eye Clinic, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: ytchungc@hanmail.net.
Young Taek
YT
Chung
D001251:Astigmatism / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020417:Nystagmus, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity; D055815:Young Adult