Unilateral keratectasia treated with femtosecond fashioned intrastromal corneal inlay

Purpose: in this case report,we describe the surgical procedure of corneal inlay preparation and corneal pocket creation using a femtosecond laser system. case report: a 7-year-old girl who presented with unilateral paracentral corneal thinning underwent the surgical procedure of corneal inlay. preoperatively,the refraction was +10.00-6.00 × 170. one month after the procedure,astigmatism and hyperopia were decreased and the refraction was +5.00-1.25 × 110. conclusion: femtosecond laser-assisted pocket creation for the implantation of corneal inlays offers accuracy of pocket parameters,enhancing predictability,resulting in better final outcomes,and improving the safety of the procedure. jadidi khosrow 1 department of ophthalmology,baqiyatallah university of medical sciences,tehran hasanpour hossein 2 ophthalmic research center,shahid beheshti university of medical sciences,tehran rabinowitz ys. keratoconus. survophthalmol 1998; 42:297-319. mccarey be,mcdonald mb,van rij g,salmeron b,pettit dk,knight pm. refractive results of hyperopic hydrogel intracorneal lenses in primate eyes. arch ophthalmol 1989;107(5):724-730. ismail mm. correction of hyperopia with intracorneal implants. © 2017 journal of ophthalmic and vision research published by wolters kluwer - medknow.