title: [Photorefractive keratectomy in hypermetropia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess the predictability and efficiency of the photorefractive keratectomy in hyperopia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thinty-eight eyes of 21 patients with the mean age of 34.6 were included. The eyes were divided into 3 groups according to their hyperopia. Group 1: 14 eyes with hyperopia greater than +7.25 D. Group 2: 13 eyes had hyperopia ranging from +4.25 D to +7.00 D and Group 3: 11 eyes with hyperopia less than or equal to +4.00 D. All of the eyes underwent photorefractive keratectomy procedure with 193 nm argon-fluoride excimer laser (Chiron Technolas) with 10 to 30 Hz repetition rate and 120 mJ/cm2 fluence. The mean follow-up time was 12 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean postoperative refraction was +5.05 +/- 1.25 D. in the group 1, +4.71 +/- 1.23 D. in the groupe 2 and +1.65 +/- 0.93 D in the group 3 at the end of the year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As a result, we suggest photorefractive keratectomy is efficient, predictable and safe for correcting hyperopia inferior to +4.00 D.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche Ophtalmologique, Université d'Istanbul, Turquie.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Yanyali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozdamar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aras
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: La photokératectomie réfractive dans l'hypermétropie.