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Radial Keratotomy in Myopia of 6 to 12 Diopters Using Full-Length Deepening Incisions

Jorge M Bauerberg, M Sterzovsky, Mauricio Brodsky

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Radial Keratotomy was performed in 409 eyes with myopia of -6 to -12 diopters using eight incisions and deepening them from the optic zone to the limbus. The mean preoperative spherical equivalent refraction was -7.83 D and the mean postoperative was -1.02 D. Fifty-eight percent of the eyes were corrected to within 1 D of emmetropia and 38% achieved an uncorrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better.

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Radial Keratotomy was performed in 409 eyes with myopia of -6 to -12 diopters using eight incisions and deepening them from the optic zone to the limbus. The mean preoperative spherical equivalent refraction was -7.83 D and the mean postoperative was -1.02 D. Fifty-eight percent of the eyes were corrected to within 1 D of emmetropia and 38% achieved an uncorrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better.

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Radial Keratotomy was performed in 409 eyes with myopia of -6 to -12 diopters using eight incisions and deepening them from the optic zone to the limbus. The mean preoperative spherical equivalent refraction was -7.83 D and the mean postoperative was -1.02 D. Fifty-eight percent of the eyes were corrected to within 1 D of emmetropia and 38% achieved an uncorrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better.

Key concepts: Radial keratotomy, Dioptre, Ophthalmology, Refractive error, Medicine, Optometry, Eye disease, Visual acuity

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