An improved radial marker for radial keratotomy.
Radial marks on the peripheral cornea in radial keratotomy can lead to confusion during incision placement. I have designed and successfully used a small radial marker that indicates the starting position for each incision, but does not mark the peripheral cornea.
Shahinian
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Division of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
D006801:Humans; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments