Delayed infectious keratitis in a patient with radial keratotomy and floppy eyelid syndrome treated with simple interrupted stitches

Late Spontaneous Postradial Keratotomy Corneal Perforation After Scleral Contact Lens Use—Case Report

“…However, postoperative complications have been described as undesired consequences of this surgery, such as long-term hyperopic shifts, diurnal variation of refraction and increased aberrations, wound dehiscence, and bullous edema. 4,5 Furthermore, RK corneal incisions create instability and fragility of its biomechanics. Such corneal fragility can generate more dramatic cases of ocular perforation, associated or not associated with ocular trauma.…”