Chief & Presenting Author: Dr.Sneha Batra

Co Author(s): Dr.Partha Biswas, Dr.Deepak Agarwal

Abstract

Refractive surgery is one of the safest surgeries in Ophthalmology today. However, when a complication does occur, even the faintest wrinkle is enough to cause discomfort both to the patient and surgeon. In this video, we present a case of a 19 year old girl who presented with multiple major flap folds one day after an uneventful LASIK procedure, due to inadvertent excessive squeezing of the eye.
The video demonstrates the correct procedure of dealing with such an event, with epithelial debridement and painstaking ironing of the folds under microscope. Finally, a bandage contact lens is placed and post-operative antibiotics and steroids are started. Ultimately, the patient regained 6/6 uncorrected visual acuity with no visible corneal opacity.