title: Radial keratotomy in myopia of 6 to 12 diopters using full-length deepening incisions.
abstract: Radial Keratotomy was performed in 409 eyes with myopia of -6 to -12 diopters using eight incisions and deepening them from the optic zone to the limbus. The mean preoperative spherical equivalent refraction was -7.83 D and the mean postoperative was -1.02 D. Fifty-eight percent of the eyes were corrected to within 1 D of emmetropia and 38% achieved an uncorrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better.
authors.affiliation: Primer Centro de Microcirugia Refractiva, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bauerberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sterzovsky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brodsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D014792:Visual Acuity