Abstract

PACHECO SERRANO, José; MACHADO FERNANDEZ, Enrique J; SUAREZ SUAREZ, Humberto  and  IGLESIAS, Jorge L. Radial mini-keratotomy vs radial keratotomy: Preliminary report. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 1999, vol.12, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

The firts results of the implementation of a new surgical procedure for correcting myopia, the mini-racial keratotomy, and its evaluation against conventional radial keratotomy are shown by using the conventional technique in the right eye and the new technique in the left eye of 25 patients. 4 pre-and postoperative variables were measured, mainly, the spherical and cylindrical components of refraction, the acuity and the central keratometry,. The statistical method adjusted to the study proves that there are ni significant differences between the results obtained with both methods. The new technique is a surgical alternative for patients with mild and moderate myopias. The risk for postrauma complications decreases considerably because the incisions have a lower lenght

Keywords : KERATOTOMY; RADIAL; MYOPIA [therapy]; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES.

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