Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 38-40, February 2008

Airbag induced corneal ectasia

  • Ali A. Mearza

      Affiliations

    • Charing Cross Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK
    • Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 208 846 1234; fax: +44 208 383 4888.
    • ,
  • Fedra N. Koufaki

      Affiliations

    • Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    • ,
  • Ioannis M. Aslanides

      Affiliations

    • Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Weil-Cornell Medical College, NY, USA

published online 26 October 2007.

Abstract 

Purpose

To report a case of airbag induced corneal ectasia.

Methods

Case report.

Results

A patient 3 years post-LASIK developed bilateral corneal ectasia worse in the right eye following airbag deployment in a road traffic accident. At last follow up, best corrected vision was 20/40 with −4.00/−4.00×25 in the right eye and 20/25 with −1.25/−0.50×135 in the left eye.

Conclusions

This is a rare presentation of trauma induced ectasia in a patient post-LASIK. It is possible that reduction in biomechanical integrity of the cornea from prior refractive surgery contributed to this presentation.

Keywords: Airbag, Corneal ectasia, LASIK

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PII: S1367-0484(07)00104-X

doi:10.1016/j.clae.2007.09.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 38-40, February 2008

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