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Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:269-270.

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A 48-year-old healthy white man underwent bilateral epikeratophakia in 1986 for high myopia. After several months, his refraction regressed slightly and his right cornea developed central haze. He then had photorefractive keratectomy in both eyes for myopia and phototherapeutic keratectomy in the right eye to reduce the corneal haze, which was not successful. Therefore, in March of 1999, the epikeratophakia lenticle was removed from the right cornea to reduce the central corneal haze.

The patient was initially seen in June 2002 for a laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) consult. At that time, the patient’s uncorrected vision was counting fingers OU. Best-corrected vision in the right eye was 20/20 – 1 with a dry refraction of –7.25 – 2.50 x 180 and 20/20 with a cycloplegic refraction of –7.00 – 1.00 x 180; in the left eye, it was 20/30 + 2 with a dry refraction of –8.50 – 2. 00 x 165 and 20/30 + 2 with a cycloplegic refraction of –8.00 – 2.00 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION
Eileen Conti, MD