Patient preference--contact lens or radial keratotomy?
BACKGROUND
Past clinical experience has suggested that patients are more satisfied after radial keratotomy than when wearing contact lenses.


METHODS
One-hundred patients who had worn contact lenses prior to receiving radial keratotomy compared subjectively these two methods for correcting myopia. The postoperative follow up ranged from 3 months to 13 years.


RESULTS
The vast majority (93%) preferred radial keratotomy to the handling of contact lenses.


CONCLUSIONS
The desire to be independent of optical correction is a sufficient indication for refractive surgery.
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D003261:Contact Lenses; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014792:Visual Acuity