title: [The Shepard radial keratotomy method].
abstract: Over the last few years American surgeons have modified the technique of radial keratotomy in different ways. D. Shepard, of Santa Maria, California, has performed more than 1800 to these operations. Forty-three of the patients, on most of whom surgery was performed in both eyes, were studied from one week to 42.5 months postoperatively by an independent observer. The preoperative evaluation, the technique of surgery, which is performed on an outpatient basis, the complications and postoperative management, the final visual results, and refraction are discussed in detail. The overwhelming majority of the patients expressed great satisfaction with the visual outcome of the surgery in spite of undercorrection and overcorrection, long-term topical treatment, glare at night, and diurnal variations of visual acuity.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000601:surgery*; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Radiäre Keratotomie-Methode nach Shepard.