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Complications Map
(posted: November 2004)

Category	Description	Examples of complications

Intra-operative complications	Things that go visibly wrong during surgery.	Buttonhole flap Corneal perforation Epithelial defects Eyelid trauma Flap folds/wrinkles Flap interface debris Free cap Incomplete flap Irregular flap Retinal tear Short flap Small flap Striae Thick flap Thin flap Vitreous detachment

Ablation defects	Indetectable things that go wrong during surgery: When the laser energy just doesn't do the right thing	Central islands Decentred ablation Irregular astigmatism Small optical zone

Post-operative complications	Things that go visibly wrong during healing	Central toxic keratopathy DLK Ectasia Epithelial ingrowth Flap melt Flap rotation Haze Lost flap Ptosis Retinal detachment Stromal melt

Induced acuity problems	Under-shooting, over-shooting, sliding around and more	Aniseikonia Anisometropia Fluctuating vision Induced astigmatism Induced monovision Loss of BCVA Overcorrection Regression Undercorrection

Vision quality defects	Trashy vision even if you can read the eyechart	Higher order aberrations Photophobia Reduced contrast sensitivity

Ocular surface disease (dry eye)	Pain and discomfort from eye surfaces