Therapeutische Excimerlaserchirurgie der Hornhaut

Abstract

Concomitant with new innovations in the field of refractive surgery, therapeutic excimer laser applications like phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) and topography-guided customised ablation treatment are gaining high importance and undergoing rapid evolution. Nowadays, PTK is an effective treatment modality for superficial corneal pathologies. Primary indications are decreased epithelial adherence, superficial opacifications and an irregular corneal surface. For the right indication and successful treatment of corneal pathologies with PTK, a knowledge of the size, depth and nature of the pathology, as well as the refractive status of both eyes is important. Next to slit-lamp examination, objective measuring systems like the topography, confocal microscopy and the anterior segment OCT facilitate presurgical planning. Regarding the treatment procedure the surgeon can choose between a variety of methods. PTK can be combined with manual epithelial debridement or done by only using the excimer laser. In the case of an irregular corneal surface, depending on the pathology, masking fluids or topography-guided custom ablation protocols can increase the visual outcome. To avoid recurrence of the underlying pathology (e.g., corneal dystrophy, haze), the topical application of 0.02% mitomycin C for 20-60 seconds has proved to be a safe and effective procedure. If the surgeon considers all the patient-related factors carefully and manages to combine the available treatment options correctly, PTK embodies an effective and minimally invasive alternative to lamellar or penetrating keratoplasty.

Das okuläre «Neurothekeom» im Vexierbild der Differentialdiagnostik

“…Das therapeutische Vorgehen ist unumstritten und besteht aus einer Kombinationstherapie aus Alkoholabrasio, manuell superfizieller Keratektomie (BowmanMembran als Leitschiene), gegebenenfalls der Anwendung einer therapeutischen Excimer-Laserbehandlung zur Glättung der Oberfläche und der intraoperativen Anwendung von Mitomycin C [2][3][4][5][6]. Der hier geschilderte Fall ist eine absolute Rarität -bisher wurden in der Literatur nur 11 Fälle eines okulären Neurothekeoms beschrieben [7].…”

Topography-guided transepithelial photoablation for the treatment of interstitial keratitis sequelae

“…However, few case reports describe this procedure for post-keratitis irregular astigmatism. 1 We report a case of topographyguided transepithelial photoablation for the treatment of interstitial keratitis sequelae.…”