title: [15 months photorefractive keratectomy at the Munster University Eye Clinic].
abstract: We performed a photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in 51 myopic eyes of 34 patients. Cortisone-responders were excluded. All patients were unable to tolerate contact lenses. The intended correction was between -1.75 and -7.0 D. None of the patients demonstrated a decrease in visual acuity at its highest level of correction. The maximum haze was +1. No eye had to be reoperated upon. Nine months after PRK, the maximum deviation from the intended correction was 2 D in a -6.5 D correction. After 12 months, however, we found a regression of 2 D without signs of keratoconus or increase of haze in 2 patients.
authors: Universitäts-Augenklinik Münster.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Förster
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Antoniou
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Atzler
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Busse
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: 15 Monate photorefraktive Keratektomie an der Universitäts-Augenklinik Münster.