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Elusive Control of Biological Variability and Effect on Custom Laser Vision Correction

Steven E. Wilson, MD; Rahul R. Mohan, PhD; Jong-Wook Hong, MD; Jong-Soo Lee, MD; Rosan Choi, MD; Rajiv R. Mohan, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:889-896.

Biological diversity in the wound healing response is thought to be a major factor limiting the predictability of the outcome of refractive surgical procedures such as laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy. Corneal wound healing is critical to the success of topography-linked or wave front–linked excimer laser ablation to optimize visual performance. This is because of the importance of retaining subtle features of custom ablation and the tendency of epithelial hyperplasia and stromal remodeling to obscure these features following either procedure. The corneal wound healing response is exceedingly complex. Keratocyte apoptosis, which occurs in response to epithelial injury, is the earliest observable event in the wound healing cascades and is therefore an excellent target for pharmacological intervention. Alterations of surgical technique can be designed to limit keratocyte apoptosis and the subsequent events in corneal wound healing. Abnormalities of the cascades could contribute to the pathogenesis of corneal diseases. For example, recent data have suggested that perturbation of the keratocyte apoptosis/mitosis balance could underlie the development of keratoconus in a proportion of patients.

From the Departments of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle (Drs Wilson, Mohan, Hong, Lee, Choi, and Mohan); Korea University, Seoul (Dr Hong); and Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea (Dr Lee). The authors have no proprietary interest in any of the products or materials mentioned in this article.

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