{"id":27783,"date":"2024-01-11T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/ectasia-after-lasik-what-is-it\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:11:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:11:39","slug":"ectasia-after-lasik-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/ectasia-after-lasik-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Ectasia after LASIK &#8211; what is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keratoconus, PMD and ectasia after LASIK &#8211; all three belong to the group of thinning corneal diseases characterized by protrusion of the cornea (ectasia). Ectasia after LASIK is a complication after laser eye surgery. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ectasia is comparable to keratoconus and shows similar symptoms. The condition can occur shortly after the procedure, but also several years later. Reasons for ectasia due to laser eye surgery (LASIK or PRK) include  <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excessive removal of corneal tissue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hormonal causes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Existing corneal diseases during laser eye surgery<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treatment of ectasia with CXL<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crosslinking (CXL) is an effective and globally recognized treatment option. The main aim of the treatment is to stop the steady progression of ectasia. Ectasia continues to progress after LASIK. This makes it all the more important that the disease is detected and treated as quickly as possible.     <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reducing the risk of ectasia after laser eye surgery  <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A detailed pre-operative examination serves to detect existing corneal diseases and can therefore reduce the risk of ectasia. Postoperatively, you should always attend the recommended follow-up examinations for early detection &#8211; even if you do not experience any symptoms. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is keratoconus? Dr. Victor Derhartunian explains what keratoconus is and what treatment options are available. Read more&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-27783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faqs-en","tag-keratoconus-glossary"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}