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Radial keratotomy (RK) is a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia.
Discovery
The procedure was discovered by accident by Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov who removed glass from the eye of one of his patients who had been in an accident. A boy, who wore eyeglasses, fell off his bicycle and his glasses shattered on impact, with glass particles lodging in his eyes. A procedure was performed consisting of making numerous radial incisions which extended from the pupil to the periphery of the cornea in a pattern like the spokes of a wheel. After the glass was removed (by this method) and the cornea healed, he found that the patient's eyesight was significantly improved.
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Lasik History - Radial Keratotomy (RK), a precursor to LASIK, was performed by making incisions at the... http://t.co/OuYyLIuf #Lasik
naturelover_ (Jenny K) Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:57:25 -0000
Lasik History - Radial Keratotomy (RK), a precursor to LASIK, was performed by making incisions at the... http://t.co/OuYyLIuf #Lasik
Ruptured globe 20 years after radial and transverse keratotomy http://t.co/UeZnEBNY
Life_Sciences_ (Life Sciences) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:27:49 -0000
Ruptured globe 20 years after radial and transverse keratotomy http://t.co/UeZnEBNY
Radial Keratotomy - This procedure removes or reduces myopia and/or myopic astigmatism.
Meta Description: [ Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia is an investigational procedure not yet performed in the United States for presbyopia. The Presby Corp. has just received FDA approval to begin preliminary testing ]
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