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Clinical and Experimental Optometry Volume 97, 2014 - Issue 4
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Clinical Communication

Healthcare and a holiday: the risks of LASIK tourism

David LockingtonDepartment of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand,
, FRCOphth,
Richard JohnsonDepartment of Optometry, New Zealand National Eye Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand,
, BOptom,
Dipika V PatelDepartment of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand,
, PhD MRCOphth &
Charles Nj McgheeDepartment of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand,
, PhD FRCOphth
Pages 370-372 | Received 11 Aug 2013, Accepted 02 Oct 2013, Published online: 15 Apr 2021
 
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Abstract

Medical tourism is the practice of travelling overseas for surgery. We describe a patient with low myopia who underwent laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) while on holiday in India. She presented to local hospital eye services six weeks post‐LASIK with discomfort and reduced vision. She reported three previous LASIK flap lifts in the right eye. Clinical assessment, optical coherence tomography and confocal microscopy demonstrated moderate epithelial ingrowth and reduced visual acuity. Epithelial ingrowth after LASIK may be associated with visual impairment and management is determined by location, magnitude and effect on vision. LASIK tourism may mean patients are less well‐informed of risks and lose continuity of professional care.

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