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Abstract #6095 Published in IGR 2-2

Visual field defect associated with laser in situ keratomileusis

Bushley DM; Parmley VC; Paglen P
American Journal of Ophthalmology 2000; 129: 668-671


PURPOSE: To report a case of visual field defect associated with laser in situ keratomileusis. METHODS: Case report. A 28-year-old woman with high myopia (-10 D) and a family history of normal tension glaucoma underwent bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis keratorefractive surgery. Preoperatively, both eyes had normal intraocular pressure and visual field. RESULTS: At the first postoperative visit one day after apparently uncomplicated laser in situ keratomileusis, the patient reported a scotoma in the right eye. At the three-month follow-up, visual fields revealed the patient had developed a near-superior altitudinal visual field defect in the right eye. The defect did not progress over one year of follow-up examinations. CONCLUSIONS: Increased intraocular pressure associated with the microkeratome vacuum ring used during laser in situ keratomileusis may have precipitated optic nerve head ischemia and visual field defect.

Dr. D.M. Bushley, Department of Ophthalmology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA mbushley@aol.com


Classification:

8.4 Refractive surgical procedures (Part of: 8 Refractive errors in relation to glaucoma)



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