title: [Asymmetric radial keratotomy for low-grade myopia].
abstract: Thirty patients (47 eyes) underwent a radial keratotomy for low myopia (from -0.75 to -2.5 D). Surgical technique was as follows: optical zone between 3.0 and 4.5 mm according to the degree of the myopia; two radial incisions in vertical superior and nasal horizontal meridian. The incisions were full thickness, obtained either with the "Russian" (centripetal) technique or with a centrifugal technique, but using a special designed knife. Mean refractive result was 1.73 D. For low myopia, our technique seems less traumatic and the refractive effect more rapidly steady.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Microchirurgie Oculaire de Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Sergienko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamard
authors.forename: N Z
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Solodkii
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Ruellan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial / Q000379:methods*; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Kératotomie radiaire asymétrique pour la myopie faible.