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Citation

Mearza AA, Koufaki FN, Aslanides IM. Cont. Lens Anterior Eye 2008; 31(1): 38-40.

Affiliation

Charing Cross Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK; Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.clae.2007.09.003

PMID

17964211

Abstract

PURPOSE: To report a case of airbag induced corneal ectasia. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: A patient 3 years post-LASIK developed bilateral corneal ectasia worse in the right eye following airbag deployment in a road traffic accident. At last follow up, best corrected vision was 20/40 with -4.00/-4.00x25 in the right eye and 20/25 with -1.25/-0.50x135 in the left eye. CONCLUSIONS: This is a rare presentation of trauma induced ectasia in a patient post-LASIK. It is possible that reduction in biomechanical integrity of the cornea from prior refractive surgery contributed to this presentation.


Language: en

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