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RUPTURE OF RADIAL AND ARCUATE KERATOTOMY SCARS BY BLUNT TRAUMA 91 MONTHS AFTER INCISIONAL KERATOTOMY AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY Lee, B. L., Manche, E. E., Glasgow, B. J. 1995; 120 (1): 108-110

Abstract

We studied a case in which blunt trauma caused dehiscence of radial and arcuate corneal scars 91 months after incisional keratotomy. The ruptured incisions did not extend beyond the corneoscleral limbus.Incisional refractive surgery renders the cornea susceptible to blunt traumatic rupture. This vulnerability results from the intrinsic weakness of the keratotomy wounds. Our case documents that this weakness persists up to 91 months after the operation.

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