Immediate and short term visual recovery after SmartSurfACE photorefractive keratectomy

Short-term visual result after simultaneous photorefractive keratectomy and small-aperture cornea inlay implantation

PURPOSE To report the short-term results of simultaneous photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and small-aperture cornea inlay implantation (KAMRA) surgery in treating presbyopia. METHODS Simultaneous PRK and KAMRA inlay surgery was performed on 21 patients from July 2015 to March 2016. Follow-up exams were conducted at 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. Our patients were also divided preoperati...

Corneal ectasia after photorefractive keratectomy.

Two patients developed corneal ectasia after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). Case 1 had evidence of early keratoconus preoperatively, with manifest refractions of -4.00 +2.50 x 160 (20/20) in the right eye and -7.00 +3.00 x 180 (20/30) in the left eye; thin corneas (472 microm and 441 microm, respectively); and inferior paracentral steepening in the right eye and central steepening in the le...

Visual performance after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for high myopia

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy, safety, predictability, and visual performance of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia greater than -8 diopters (D). METHODS Fifty-four patients (104 eyes) with myopia from -8D to -13D and cylinder up to -4D received surface ablation technique with the Allegretto wave version 1009-1 excimer laser to correct their refractive error. The pa...

Refractive regression after photorefractive keratectomy.

To the Editor: We thank Drs. Talamo and Abad and Mr. Lim (Refractive Regression after Excimer Laser Photorefractive Keratectomy. J Refract Surg 1996;12:757[letter]) for their comments and are gratified that their findings support our hypothesis that the refractive regression after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is not a result of the thicker regrowth of connnective tissue or epithelium in th...

1115 Long-term follow-up after photorefractive keratectomy