Macular Hole After LASIK

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Abstract

Posterior pole complications after LASIK tend to occur months to years after the procedure. The surgeon must maintain a close observation of his patients over a long period of time in order to diagnose and treat these complications promptly. In the largest reported series of macular hole, the hole formed between 1 and 83 months after the procedure (mean: 12.1 months). All eyes were myopic. Posterior vitreous detachment was not present before but was documented after LASIK on 55 % of the eyes; a vitrectomy closed the macular hole on all 20 eyes that underwent surgical management. These 20 eyes reflect an incidence of 0.02 % (20/83,938 eyes) [1–3]. Although very rare, the occurrence of a macular hole after LASIK may definitively compromise the central visual function of a patient.

Keywords

Optical Coherence Tomography Retinal Detachment Macular Hole Optical Coherence Tomography Image Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Vitreoretinal DivisionThe King Khaled Eye Specialist HospitalRiyadhSaudi Arabia
  2. 2.Department of OphthalmologyWilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUSA

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