Radial keratotomy for the optical rehabilitation of mild to moderate keratoconus: More than 5 years' experience

YILDIRIM C. A., Bayraktar S., Kaya V., Kucuksumer Y., Eren H., Perente I., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol.16, no.3, pp.376-384, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/112067210601600304
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.376-384
  • Keywords: keratoconus, radial keratotomy, IN-SITU KERATOMILEUSIS, PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY, PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY, EPIKERATOPHAKIA, PATIENT, INTACS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

PURPOSE. To present the authors' long-term experience of radial keratotomy (RK) for the optical rehabilitation of patients with mild to moderate keratoconus-central corneal thickness of greater than 400 mu m and without apical scarring.