Abstract:

Diabetes is a relative contraindication of corneal refractive surgery. For diabetic patients with tight glycemic control and no ocular or systemic complications, there was good refractive results and no obvious corneal anatomic lesion or abnormal function after surgery. But diabetes can lead to some ocular complications, which may affect the result of refractive surgery, and refractive surgery may aggravate the ocular lesions of diabetic patients. Diabetic patients with poor glycemic control or systemic and ocular complications should not undergo corneal refractive surgery, in order to avoid the advent or aggravation of ocular lesion and affect the refractive results, leading to the failure of the operation. (Int Rev Ophthalmol, 2018, 42:   396-400)