Multiple posterior segment complications can occur after LASIK. Posterior vitreous detachment, macular holes, retinal hemorrhages, retinal detachment, and several other complications have been described. A case of posterior vitreous detachment with epiretinal membrane in a young adult after LASIK is reported. LASIK surgeons must be aware of the possibility of posterior segment complications aft...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate human corneas after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis at different postoperative intervals. METHODS Thirty-eight postmortem corneas from 20 patients with postoperative intervals from 2 months to 6.5 years after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis surgery were collected from eye banks. The corneas were trisected and processed for conventional histologic analysis, tr...

purpose: to report a case of diffuse lamellar keratitis (dlk) 9.5 months after laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik) associated with a corneal foreign body. patient and findings: a 32-year-old male developed dlk two days after removal of an intraepithelial corneal foreign body 9.5 months after noncomplicated lasik. dlk was eliminated after two weeks of topical steroid application and visual acui...

purpose: to report a case of unilateral aspergillus fumigatus interface keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik). case report: a 22-year-old woman developed corneal infiltrates located at the flap- stroma interface in her left eye 48 hours after myopic lasik. the infiltration progressed despite administration of topical fortified antibiotics therefore, the flap was lifted and irriga...