Assessment of Intra-operative and early Post-operative Complications of Laser In-situ Keratomileusis | ||||
| SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences | ||||
| Article 92, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 2024, Page 1059-1067 PDF (501.58 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/svuijm.2023.189463.1507 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Abdelrahman Mohamed Saad  ; Tarek Ahmed Mohamed; Khaled Abdelazeem ; Dalia Mohammed El-Sebaity
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| Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Several Laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) complications were identified over the years. Reporting complications of LASIK surgery will help refine the approach to their management. Objectives: Purpose of this study is to assess incidences, possible etiology of the intra-operative and early post-operative complications of LASIK Patients and methods: a cross-sectional study for the correction of refractive errors was performed on 378 eyes of 189 individuals who underwent LASIK refractive surgery in private LASIK centers (AlForsan and El-Nour) between January, 2021 and January, 2022. Results: intra-operatively, the majority of cases (81.5%) had no intra-operative complications. Flap-related complications were found in 7 cases (1.85%), interface complications were found in 11 cases (3%). The most common complication found in 41 cases (10.8%) was bleeding. Post-operatively, the majority of cases had no complications at 1st day, 1st month and 3rd month (94.2%, 98.7% and 99.5% respectively). At 1st day, there were debris and flap complications (3.6% and 1.7%, respectively). At 1st month, dry eyes and under-correction complications were present (0.5% and 0.8%, respectively). At 3rd month, only two cases showed dry eyes (0.5%). Conclusion: The goal of this study was to showcase the rates of complications over a period of time. We found that there was statistically significant decrease in rates of complications over time (P< 0.001). The majority of cases had no intra-operative complications. The majority of cases had no complications at 1st day, 1st month and 3rd month. Overall rates of complications of LASIK are still relatively rare. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Laser in–situ keratomileusis; Intra-operative complications; early post-operative complications; Refractive surgery; LASIK | ||||
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