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Sylvie M. Velou, MD; Joseph Colin, MD
Bordeaux, France

Reprints: Sylvie M. Velou, MD, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33076 Bordeaux CEDEX, France (e-mail: svelou@chu-bordeaux.fr).

Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:226-227.

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IN 1998, a 37-year-old woman underwent bilateral same-day laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery. The preoperative refraction was - 6 diopters (D) for each eye. The surgery on the right eye was uncomplicated. On the left eye, the procedure was complicated by corneal perforation, probably due to misassembly of an older-generation microkeratome with a removable spacer plate. Despite surgical repair, the outcome was very bad and on the day of our examination, 1 year after surgery, she had no light perception and the slitlamp findings showed phthisis bulbi (Figure 1).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Phthisis bulbi in the left eye after corneal perforation due to microkeratome misassembly.

In her right eye eye, there was an undercorrection of 2 D. Despite the complication in the left eye eye, the surgeon decided to perform additional surgery. Instead of lifting the first flap or recutting a . . . [Full Text of this Article]