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Komplikationskaskade nach hyperoper LASIK

Complication cascade after hyperopic LASIK

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Nach komplizierter hyperoper Laser-in-situ-Keratomileusis (LASIK) sowie Revision auf einem Auge wurde über 2 Jahre mit lokalen Steroiden behandelt. Auf dem behandelten Auge kam es in der Folge zu einem Anstieg des Intraokulardrucks (IOD) mit konsekutiver Schädigung des N. opticus, der über die Dauer der Behandlung zu einem subtotalen Erlöschen des Gesichtsfeldes mit einem Restvisus von 1/15 führte. Eine falsch niedrige Messung des IOD, die für eine zu späte Erkennung verantwortlich sein könnte, wurde bereits in einzelnen Fällen berichtet. Als Grund muss eine Flüssigkeitsansammlung im Interface oder eine stark veränderte Biomechanik nach exzessiver hyperoper LASIK diskutiert werden. Die Notwendigkeit umfassender Untersuchungen nach refraktiver Chirurgie wird betont. Dieser Fall zeigt eine Kaskade von Komplikationen nach LASIK mit Erblindung auf einem Auge.

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This report concerns the case of a 28-year-old female patient who was treated with topical steroids for 2 years following complicated hyperopic LASIK surgery with a re-treatment including a re-lift of the flap. A steroid-induced rise in the intraocular pressure (IOP) was subsequently observed on the treated eye, together with a glaucomatous subtotal destruction of the optic nerve, resulting in a residual vision of 1/15. An erroneously low IOP measurement, which was probably the reason for the delay in detecting steroid-induced glaucoma, has been reported in several cases concerning LASIK patients. The reason for the unusually severe course in the case in question can only be presumed, namely a possible accumulation of fluid at the interface or altered biomechanics following hyperopic LASIK surgery. The need for a thorough postoperative examination following refractive surgery must be emphasized. This case shows a cascade of complications following hyperopic LASIK surgery resulting in the functional blindness of one eye.

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Handzel, D., Stanzel, B. & Briesen, S. Komplikationskaskade nach hyperoper LASIK. Ophthalmologe 108, 665–668 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00347-011-2347-4

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