Rohit Shetty, Vaitheeshwaran Ganesan Lalgudi, Luci Kaweri, Urvija Choudhary, Aishwariya Chabra, Krati Gupta, Pooja Khamar
Ablation-related complications following the refractive procedures are a major challenge for a refractive surgeon, considering the elective nature of the procedure. The use of topography-guided customized ablation has revolutionized the management of irregular corneas postrefractive surgery. This preferred practice highlights various hurdles encountered while managing cases of decentered ablation, small ablation zones, and planning a cataract surgery in patients with irregular corneas. It will give insight to the refractive surgeon on the planning of corneal regularization on various modern-day refractive platforms available, such as the WaveLight® EX-500 (Alcon Laboratories, Inc...
December 2020: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology