title: [Prevention of postoperative inverse astigmatism during radial keratotomy].
abstract: Seventy eight patients (156 eyes) were treated by radial keratotomy. Patients with spherical axial myopia were selected (including 39% of physiological astigmatism cases). After radial conventional technique the against-the-rule astigmatism > 1.0 D is 31.6% and between 1.0 and 2.0 D is 3.4% versus 0.6% (< 1.0 D) and 0.1% (1.0-2.0 D) with the modified technique. To decrease the frequency of the against-the-rule postoperative astigmatism after RK procedure we performed 1 or 2 vertical additional flag-incisions on the horizontal meridian to counteract the effect of the corneal oedema on the superior incisions.
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: D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: Prophylaxie de l'astigmatisme postopératoire inverse pendant la kératotomie radiaire.