Correction of Increased Higher-Order Aberrations after LASEK by Using Orthokeratology Lens

Choi, Soon Il; Chung, So Hyang; Na, Kyung Sun

Case Report

Annals of Optometry and Contact Lens 2015;14(1):37-40.
Published online March 25, 2015.

Correction of Increased Higher-Order Aberrations after LASEK by Using Orthokeratology Lens

Soon Il Choi, So Hyang Chung, Kyung Sun Na

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Received: 5 January 2015 • Revised: 25 February 2015 • Accepted: 19 March 2015

Abstract

Purpose: To report a single case of orthokeratology lenses to reduce higher-order aberrations in a patient complaining of glare after laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK).
Case summary: A 28-year-old female patient who had undergone bilateral LASEK a year earlier complained of blurring in both eyes. Examination indicated that the increased bilateral higher-order aberrations that had increased after LASEK; these were reduced using orthokeratology lenses.
Conclusions: Higher-order aberrations that increased after refractive correction surgery were reduced using orthokeratology lenses, and herein we report their potential clinical application.
Ann Optom Contact Lens 2015;14(1):37-40

Key Words: Higher-order aberrations, Laser epithelial keratomileusis, Orthokeratology<; br>