Macular hole after LASIK

J. Fernando Arevalo

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55238-0_100

Macular hole after LASIK

J. Fernando Arevalo

School of Medicine

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Difficult and Complicated Cases in Refractive Surgery
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	461-463
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642552380
ISBN (Print)	9783642552373
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55238-0_100
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

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