Excimer Laser Phototherapeutic Keratectomy for the Treatment of Clinically Presumed Fungal Keratitis
Figure 1
A patient with fungal keratitis. The patient's cornea is shown preoperatively with the lesions located in the anterior stroma (a) and by fluorescein staining (b). The cornea is shown at eight days postoperatively with phototherapeutic keratectomy (c) and with complete reepithelialization (d). The patient, at 18 months postoperatively, shows a smooth corneal surface with mild haze (e), and the best-corrected visual acuity is 0.5 (+2.50 DS − 2.00 DC × 55°). The thinnest thickness of ablation zone is 472 m.
