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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2021

Visual rehabilitation by using corneal wavefront-guided transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy for corneal opacities after epidemic keratoconjunctivitis.

Yusuf Yıldırım, Yusuf Berk Akbaş, Uğur Tunç, Burçin Kepez Yıldız, Mehmet Onur Er, Ahmet Demirok

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Yusuf YıldırımBeyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Bereketzade Camii Sok., No 2 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey. yusufyldrm82@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4161-0919
Yusuf Berk AkbaşBeyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Bereketzade Camii Sok., No 2 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.
Uğur TunçBeyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Bereketzade Camii Sok., No 2 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.
Burçin Kepez YıldızBeyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Bereketzade Camii Sok., No 2 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mehmet Onur ErBeyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Bereketzade Camii Sok., No 2 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ahmet DemirokBeyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Bereketzade Camii Sok., No 2 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey.

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purposeTo evaluate long-term visual and refractive outcomes of corneal wavefront-guided transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (t-PRK) with mitomycin C for the treatment of corneal opacities secondary to adenoviral epidemic keratoconjunctivitis.

methodsRecords of patients who underwent corneal wavefront-guided t-PRK with excimer laser from January 2012 to December 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative and postoperative uncorrected visual acuity, best-spectacle corrected visual acuity, slit-lamp biomicroscopic examination findings, manifest refraction, and corneal aberrations and fundus examination findings were evaluated.

resultsTwenty-two eyes of 22 patients comprising 12 male (55%) and 10 female (45%) were treated. The mean age was 34.5 ± 10.8 years (range 19-55). The mean follow-up time was 34.4 ± 17.50 months (range 13-61 months). There was a statistically significant improvement in UCVA and BSCVA (p < 0.001 and p = 0.02), and there was a significant decrease in total higher-order aberrations, spherical, coma and trefoil aberration at postoperative first year (p < 0.001 in each). In two eyes of two patients, minimal haze formation was observed after the procedure, and both eyes were treated with topical steroid. No recurrence was observed in subepithelial infiltrates in any patient during long-term follow-up.

conclusionIn long-term clinical follow-up, corneal wavefront-guided t-PRK treatment is an effective and reliable treatment method for rehabilitation of visual impairment due to corneal scars following adenoviral infections, in properly selected patients.

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Corneal OpacityCorneal Wavefront AberrationEpidemicsKeratoconjunctivitisMyopiaPhotorefractive KeratectomyAdultCorneal TopographyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLasers, ExcimerMaleMiddle AgedRefraction, OcularRetrospective StudiesCorneal opacitiesEpidemic keratoconjunctivitisPhotorefractive keratectomy

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