Spontaneous improvement of channel deposits following Intacs implantation.

Purpose: To report a case of filamentous crystalline channel deposits and stromal haze extending outside the channel, which continued to worsen more than 3 years after implantation before eventually improving without significant intervention.

Methods: A 48-year-old woman presented for refractive surgery evaluation. Uncorrected visual acuity was 20/400 in both eyes.

Fluoroquinolone therapy in multiple-drug resistant staphylococcal keratitis after lamellar keratectomy in a rabbit model.

Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of a fourth-generation fluoroquinolone for prophylaxis against multiple drug-resistant staphylococcal keratitis after lamellar keratectomy in a rabbit model.

Design: Experimental study.

Methods: Twenty-eight New Zealand white rabbits underwent unilateral lamellar keratectomy using a manual microkeratome followed by the placement of 1000 colony-forming units (CFUs) of log-phase Staphylococcus aureus bacteria under each flap.