Transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy/photorefractive keratectomy with adjunctive mitomycin-C for complicated LASIK flaps.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy/photorefractive keratectomy (PTK/PRK) with prophylactic mitomycin-C for the treatment of refractive errors and maintenance of corneal clarity following flap complications in laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Setting: Outpatient tertiary care center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Methods: Ten eyes of 10 patients with LASIK flap complications had transepithelial PTK/PRK for correction of ametropia.