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Persistent epithelial defect after photorefractive keratectomy in a patient with autism
Maria Katrina C Ramirez1, Jade M Minor1, Alex V Levin2
1Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abstract:
Refractive surgery has been performed under general anesthesia on pediatric and neurobehaviorally challenged adults without reported loss of vision or serious complications. Persistent epithelial defect (PED) is a rare complication of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in the general refractive surgery population. We report a case of PED following PRK under general anesthesia for high myopia in a man with autism and ocular history of juvenile open-angle glaucoma and dry eye syndrome.

