%0 Journal Article %J Cornea %D 2002 %T Two cases of a penetrating keratoplasty with tissue from a donor who had undergone LASIK surgery %A Michaeli-Cohen,A. %A Lambert,A. C. %A Coloma,F. %A Rootman,D. S. %K *Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ %K *Keratoplasty, Penetrating %K *Tissue Donors %K Aged %K Aged, 80 and over %K Cornea / *surgery %K Eye Banks %K Female %K Humans %K Hyperopia / *surgery %K Middle Aged %K Wound Healing %X PURPOSE: To report two cases of penetrating keratoplasty using tissue from a donor who had undergone laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery before its transplantation. PARTICIPANTS: Two patients who had penetrating keratoplasties and received donor corneas from eyes that had previous LASIK. INTERVENTION: The two patients underwent corneal transplantation by two different surgeons who were unaware that the donor eyes had previous LASIK treatment. RESULTS: Penetrating keratoplasty was completed without complication in both cases, although a separation of the corneal lamellae was noted during surgery in one of the cases. The two patients are doing well at 5.5 months postsurgery. CONCLUSION: With the increasing popularity of laser refractive surgery, eye banks should increase their awareness and refine screening techniques to rule out refractive surgery in the donor corneas. The long-term follow-up of those patients will reveal if surgical success was compromised by prior refractive surgery. %B Cornea %7 37280 %V 21 %P 111 - 3 %8 Jan %G eng %N 1 %M 11805519