1. Persistent epithelial defect after photorefractive keratectomy in a patient with autism
- Author
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Jade M. Minor, Evelyn A. Paysse, Barry N. Wasserman, Maria Katrina C. Ramirez, and Alex V. Levin
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,genetic structures ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Population ,Glaucoma ,High myopia ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Photorefractive keratectomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ophthalmology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ocular history ,Refractive surgery ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,medicine ,Autism ,sense organs ,Complication ,business ,education - Abstract
Refractive surgery has been performed under general anesthesia on pediatric and neurobehaviorally challenged adults without reported loss of vision or serious complications. Persistent epithelial defect (PED) is a rare complication of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in the general refractive surgery population. We report a case of PED following PRK under general anesthesia for high myopia in a man with autism and ocular history of juvenile open-angle glaucoma and dry eye syndrome.
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- 2021