title: Legal and malpractice implications of radial keratotomy.
abstract: Radial keratotomy has the potential to produce a new malpractice crisis for ophthalmology. Though the surgery is often successful in reducing myopia, there are a great many undesirable side effects. The endothelial cell loss frequently resulting from the procedure bodes long term caution.
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008318:Malpractice; D009216:Myopia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014785:Vision, Ocular