Case report of corneal foreign body after LASIK surgery

    Abstract

    Case report of corneal foreign body after LASIK surgery

    Malkova A.V.

    Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo

    

    It was diagnosed and described a case report of a corneal foreign body followed a LASIK surgery in the long-term period. In 2013, the patient G. diagnosed with OU moderate myopia underwent the LASIK surgery associated with occupational indications. A target refraction of emmetropia was reached after the surgery. In 2015, the patient injured his left eye after being struck by a large piece of coal when working underground. As a result, visual acuity of the left eye decreased to 0.2. Intrinsically, coal dust, foreign bodies were detected in the stroma. The corneal foreign bodies of the left eye were removed. In a month after the surgery, visual acuity of the left eye was 0.5 suggesting a possibility to use the proposed approach in patients treatment and care in practice.

    Key words: cornea, refractive surgery, LASIK, complications.