Eric Donnenfeld’s corneal health case presentations and panel discussion at OSN New York are always popular with meeting attendees and provide valuable clinical insights.
The cases presented in 2025 included infectious keratitis after PRK, lagophthalmos and corneal hypoesthesia with secondary dry eye. I will share a few comments on each of these topics.
Infectious keratitis is rare after LASIK when a femtosecond laser is used to create the flap, with a reported incidence of less than one case per 10,000. With surface ablation, in some reports, infectious keratitis incidence approaches one per