RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Radial keratotomy: a review of 300 cases.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 586
OP 589
DO 10.1136/bjo.76.10.586
VO 76
IS 10
A1 A K Bates
A1 S J Morgan
A1 A D Steele
YR 1992
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/76/10/586.abstract
AB Three hundred consecutive cases of radial keratotomy performed between 1985 and 1990 were reviewed. There were no sight threatening complications of surgery and no patient lost one or more lines of corrected Snellen acuity. Overall 78.7% saw 6/12 or better unaided postoperatively and 51.7% saw 6/6 or better. Refraction showed 61.3% to be within 1 dioptre of emmetropia and 86.7% were within 2 dioptres. Further analysis demonstrated that results of unaided acuity and proximity to emmetropia were much better for low (< -2.87 D) and moderate (-3.0 to -5.87 D) than for high (> -6.0 D) myopes.