When Refractive Surgery Goes Wrong

“No pain, no gain,” as the saying goes. But coping with the “pain” of refractive surgery crises is no easy feat. The good news is that many catastrophes can be managed successfully—or even avoided—if proper measures are taken.

In EyeNet's September Feature, several experts recount difficult situations, how they handled them, and what they’ve learned from their experience.

In "When Refractive Surgery Goes Wrong," EyeNet asked experts to share lessons learned from five difficult cases. After Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, experienced difficulty with insertion of intracorneal ring segments, she developed a technique to combat the problem.

View her video, which demonstrates her "turnaround technique" and "double pass turnaround technique" for intrastromal corneal ring segments.

(Video courtesy of Dr. Jacob)

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