Laser Vision Correction on Patients with Sick Optic Nerve: A Case Report

This 48-year-old white female with chronic optic disc edema is reported for the discussion of the management for the laser vision correction. Two procedures were considered, one was PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) and the other was LASIK (laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis). A search strategy w...

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Autor principal: Chen, Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/796463
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description This 48-year-old white female with chronic optic disc edema is reported for the discussion of the management for the laser vision correction. Two procedures were considered, one was PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) and the other was LASIK (laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis). A search strategy was developed to search evidence in the literature to support the decision in the selection of the better procedure for this patient. The evidences also were rigorously appraised for the validity. PRK was selected and performed on the patient with good outcome.
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spelling pubmed-33502322012-05-17 Laser Vision Correction on Patients with Sick Optic Nerve: A Case Report Chen, Ming Case Rep Ophthalmol Med Case Report This 48-year-old white female with chronic optic disc edema is reported for the discussion of the management for the laser vision correction. Two procedures were considered, one was PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) and the other was LASIK (laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis). A search strategy was developed to search evidence in the literature to support the decision in the selection of the better procedure for this patient. The evidences also were rigorously appraised for the validity. PRK was selected and performed on the patient with good outcome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3350232/ /pubmed/22606476 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/796463 Text en Copyright © 2011 Ming Chen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Laser Vision Correction on Patients with Sick Optic Nerve: A Case Report
title Laser Vision Correction on Patients with Sick Optic Nerve: A Case Report
title_full Laser Vision Correction on Patients with Sick Optic Nerve: A Case Report
title_fullStr Laser Vision Correction on Patients with Sick Optic Nerve: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Laser Vision Correction on Patients with Sick Optic Nerve: A Case Report
title_short Laser Vision Correction on Patients with Sick Optic Nerve: A Case Report
title_sort laser vision correction on patients with sick optic nerve: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/796463
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