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KMID : 0360220150560010124
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2015 Volume.56 No. 1 p.124 ~ p.126
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Long-Term Results of Three Cases of Radial Keratotomy
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Chang Bi
Kim Jae-Woo
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Abstract
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Purpose: To report the long-term results concerning refractive changes after radial keratotomy in 6 eyes of 3 patients.
Case summary: We observed 3 patients who underwent radial keratotomy over 25 years previously. The positive effect of this surgery on the correction of refractive error decreased with increasing post-surgery time and myopic refractive errors accompanying astigmatism recurred. On average, refractive errors improved to 3.375 diopter (D) and corneal power improved to 2.954 D; in all cases, uncorrected visual acuities were not significantly improved.
Conclusions: The effect of radial keratotomy on the correction of refractive errors decreased with time due to regression; myopic refractive errors recurred in the long-term.
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KEYWORD
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Myopia, Radial keratotomy, Refractive error, Regression
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