PMID: 9176678May 1, 1997Paper

Therapeutic use of the 193-nm excimer laser in corneal pathologies

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Für Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie
W FörsterH Busse

Abstract

To analyze the results of phototherapeutic keratectomy. We performed 193-nm excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in 252 eyes of 216 patients suffering from pain and/or decrease in visual acuity. One hundred and three eyes had recurrent erosions of the cornea, 86 eyes underwent excimer laser smoothing of the cornea after pterygium surgery, 29 eyes had a bandlike keratopathy (25 rough, 4 smooth) and 34 eyes had other pathologic conditions such as amyloidosis of the cornea, anterior corneal dystrophies, scars after injuries, alkali burns, superficial stromal dystrophies and infections. Recurrent erosions and epithelial dystrophies were treated with 15-20 pulses (160-200 mJ/cm2, 8 mm ablation zone) after mechanical abrasion of the epithelium. Removal of corneal opacities and scars required the use of a masking fluid (methyl-cellulose) in different concentrations and slit-lamp control (integrated in the delivery system of the excimer laser). Some 91% of the eyes with recurrent erosions were recurrence-free. Fifty-two per cent of the eyes with pterygium had recurrences if the baresclera technique was used and 33% of the eyes if a free conjunctival graft was used. The difference was not significant. All of the patients wit...Continue Reading

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