title: [Aesthesiometry of the cornea after refractive corneal surgery].
abstract: The corneal sensibility was examined with the aesthesiometer of Draeger in 41 patients after refractive corneal surgery, 31 patients after radial keratotomy, 5 after epikeratophakia, 5 after excimer laser ablation. It could be shown that after radial corneal incisions the sensibility remains normal. After epikeratophakia the corneal sensibility is asensible even 3 years after operation. The lenticle periphery shows an increase of sensibility after 6 months. Excimer patients with "haze" showed a significant hyposensibility in the centre. The central sensibility showed normal values after a normal corneal wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Hamburg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohlhaas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Draeger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abbondanza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuppardo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Görne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003315:Cornea / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005726:Ganglia, Parasympathetic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Zur Aesthesiometrie der Hornhaut nach refraktiver Hornhautchirurgie.