title: The effect of spherical photorefractive keratectomy on myopic astigmatism.
abstract: The aim of this report is to present the effects of spherical photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) by excimer laser on myopic astigmatism. Spherical PRK was performed in 96 eyes with myopia associated with astigmatism of between 0.75 and 2.00 diopters (D) using the Summit excimer laser. The reduction both in sphere and in cylinder was found to be highly statistically significant (P < 0.0001 for both). The mean reduction of cylinder was 46%. Astigmatic error of less than 2.00 D can be corrected significantly by spherical PRK.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Ophthalmology, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loewenstein
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lipshitz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben-Sirah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lazar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003315:Cornea / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology