| Autor: |
Takashi Miyai, Tetsuya Toyono, Hitoha Ishii, Kohdai Kitamoto, Yukako Taketani, Takashi Ono, Makoto Aihara, Kazunori Miyata |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, Vol 2023 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2090-6730 |
| DOI: |
10.1155/2023/9919057 |
| Popis: |
Background. Epikeratophakia is a refractive surgical procedure used to correct aphakic eyes, hyperopia, and keratoconus and is often performed in children. In this report, we present the long-term effects of epikeratophakia on the progression of keratoconus in a patient who underwent surgery. Case Presentation. The patient was a 17-year-old boy with keratoconus who had difficulty wearing hard contact lenses. As a solution, he underwent right eye epikeratophakia with a plano-powered lenticule. We followed up the patient for 30 years. Although the progression of keratoconus ceased in the operated eye, it continued in the nonoperated left eye and resulted in acute hydrops 9 years and 10 months after surgery. Subsequently, 20 years after the operation, anterior-segment optical coherence tomography was performed, which revealed that the progression of keratoconus had been interrupted in the right eye but had continued in the left eye, as evidenced by the parameters of the average and maximum keratometry and thinnest corneal thickness. Conclusions. Herein, we reported the longest follow-up to date of a case of keratoconus, in which one eye was treated with epikeratophakia. The progression of keratoconus was halted in the treated eye but continued in the nonoperated contralateral eye. |
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