TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for the management of bilateral post-LASIK mycobacterial keratitis
AU - Susiyanti, Made
AU - Mehta, Jodhbir S.
AU - Tan, Donald T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Mehta is partially funded by a Peel Travel Grant Award 2006 from the Peel Medical Research Trust, London, United Kingdom.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - A 25-year-old Vietnamese man who had bilateral simultaneous laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for moderate myopia developed bilateral Mycobacterium abscessus keratitis that was treated with intensive medical therapy, flap removal, superficial keratectomy, and, following disease progression, therapeutic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of bilateral post-LASIK mycobacterial keratitis successfully treated with DALK.
AB - A 25-year-old Vietnamese man who had bilateral simultaneous laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for moderate myopia developed bilateral Mycobacterium abscessus keratitis that was treated with intensive medical therapy, flap removal, superficial keratectomy, and, following disease progression, therapeutic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK). To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of bilateral post-LASIK mycobacterial keratitis successfully treated with DALK.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34548142930&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.04.036
DO - 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.04.036
M3 - Article
C2 - 17720084
AN - SCOPUS:34548142930
SN - 0886-3350
VL - 33
SP - 1641
EP - 1643
JO - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
JF - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
IS - 9
ER -