SEVERE OCULAR TRAUMA WITHOUT CORNEAL RUPTURE AFTER RADIAL KERATOTOMY - CASE-REPORTS

The vulnerability of the ocular coat to trauma following radial kerato tomy is an issue of concern to both patients and physicians. Herein, w e report two cases of eyes which were exposed to severe trauma after p reviously undergoing radial keratotomy procedures. In the first case, a woman sustained multiple facial bone fractures in a fatal airplane c rash. In the second case, a man was involved in a case of blunt ocular trauma involving a high velocity racquetball. Rupture of the ocular c oat did not occur in either case.