The risk of uveitis due to prostaglandin analogs in pediatric glaucoma.

Purpose: To examine the incidence of uveitis in children prescribed prostaglandin analogs (PGAs) for glaucoma.

Methods: In this dual-center cohort study, the medical records of consecutive patients <18 years old treated with a PGA between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2018, were reviewed retrospectively. Patients with all forms of glaucoma, including those with a prior history of uveitis, were included.

Persistent epithelial defect after photorefractive keratectomy in a patient with autism.

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.