Radial Keratotomy:Eleven-year Experiences

During the period from 1980 to 1991,Radial Keratotomy(RK)hadbeen done by the author under topical anesthesia in more than 10000 cases,mostly on both eyes at the same time.Those patients had myopia with apreoperative refractive error between 1.5 and 20.0 diopters(D).The surgicaltechnique consisted of 4,8,16 incisions using a diamond knife with micrometerand the diameter of the central clear zone was mostly 3.0mm and determinedby preoperative refractive error.Many different procedures were tried to im-pro...

During the period from 1980 to 1991,Radial Keratotomy(RK)had been done by the author under topical anesthesia in more than 10000 cases, mostly on both eyes at the same time.Those patients had myopia with a preoperative refractive error between 1.5 and 20.0 diopters(D).The surgical technique consisted of 4,8,16 incisions using a diamond knife with micrometer and the diameter of the central clear zone was mostly 3.0mm and determined by preoperative refractive error.Many different procedures were tried to im- ...