Allergic conjunctivitis as a risk factor for regression and haze after photorefractive keratectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology
H Y YangK Tsubota

Abstract

To analyze the relation between allergic conjunctivitis and the results of photorefractive keratectomy performed with an excimer laser in myopic eyes. Fifty-seven myopic eyes in 57 Japanese patients were classified into three groups: a normal group (30 eyes of 30 patients), a treatment group composed of eyes with allergic conjunctivitis that were treated with fluorometholone and cromolyn sodium eyedrops from month 3 until the end of the 12- to 18-month follow-up period (16 eyes of 16 patients), and a no-treatment group composed of eyes with allergic conjunctivitis that received no allergic treatment until the end of the follow-up period (11 eyes of 11 patients). Preoperative and postoperative examinations included evaluation of corrected and uncorrected visual acuity and grading of corneal haze. In the no-treatment group, the mean corneal haze score +/- SD of 0.8 +/- 0.98 was significantly greater than the normal group score of 0.38 +/- 0.49 (P = .02). There was no significant difference in the haze score between the treated and normal groups. A refractive outcome of +/- 1 diopter was obtained in 30 (100%) of the 30 patients in the normal group, 15 (93.8%) of 16 patients in the treatment group, and four (36.4%) of the 11 patien...Continue Reading

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