BACKGROUND: Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory, progressive thinning @entity74 , resulting in a typical protrusion and in @entity227 . Many of the @entity1 with stable @entity9042 encounter difficulties wearing glasses or contact lenses. PURPOSE: To evaluate the results of wave-front guided laser assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK) for the correction of residual spherical and spherocylindrical @entity1714 after INTACS insertion in @entity1 with stable @entity9042 . METHODS: Four eyes of @entity9042 patents were treated with Zyoptix wavefront-guided LASEK for correction of residual @entity1714 and @entity940 after insertion of INTACS. The refraction after insertion of INTACS was stable at least six months before the Zyoptix-LASEK. The mean pre-INTACS refraction was @entity1714 of -2.37 D (range 0 to - 5.00 D) and @entity940 of -3.93 D (range -1.00 to -7.5 D). The mean refraction prior to Zyoptix-LASEK was @entity1714 of -0.2 D and @entity940 of -2.71 D. The mean follow-up period after the Zyoptix LASEK was 8 months. RESULTS: Initially, prior to both surgeries, the mean uncorrected visual acuity was 6/240 (range count-fingers to 6/60) and at the final postoperative visit 6/12 (range 6/10 to 6/ 18). The preoperative mean best spectacle corrected visual acuity was 6/15 (range 6/10 to 6/24) and at the final postoperative follow-up visit 6/9 (range 6/8.5 to 6/12). CONCLUSION: Zyoptix wavefront-guided LASEK for correction of residual @entity1714 and @entity940 in @entity9042 @entity1 after INTACS insertion and stable refraction provided excellent visual outcome, with no @entity227 and no complications.

[Wavefront-guided lasek after intacs in eyes with stable XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity940 :: ('MESH:D001251', 'Disease') :: ['astigmatism'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['loss of visual acuity', 'refractive errors and low visual acuity'] @entity9042 :: ('MESH:D007640', 'Disease') :: ['keratoconus'] @entity74 :: ('MESH:D030342', 'Disease') :: ['disorder of the cornea'] @entity1714 :: ('MESH:D009216', 'Disease') :: ['myopia']
@entity9042 :: (MESH:D007640,Disease) :: ['keratoconus']
