Lots of people had already undergone an older, less-reliable treatment called RK (radial keratotomy), but my doctor was anxious to get the word out about the new technique. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I got unprecedented access to the headquarters of the infamous Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB, and in Leningrad I had an exclusive interview with Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov, the ophthalmologist who developed the revolutionary vision correction procedure known as radial keratotomy. ❋ María Celeste Arrarás (2009)
One concern is whether the long-term effect of radial keratotomy might be loss of vision. ❋ Everett M. Rogers (1995)
An illustration is radial keratotomy, a surgical procedure for correcting certain eyesight problems. ❋ Everett M. Rogers (1995)
PRK, performed in the physician's office with local anesthesia, is a far more sophisticated procedure than a controversial form of surgery called radial keratotomy (RK). ❋ Unknown (2008)
Surgeons thought they had perfected radial keratotomy, surgery performed to enable better vision without glasses, on rabbits, but the procedure blinded the first human patients. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The same might be said for the microwave oven, the hair dryer, laser keratotomy, REITs, the Xbox and the ATM machine. ❋ Breckinridge Ely (2006)
He reminded me three times during the visit that he "scraped and scrambled to get up the money to come in," but then as he was leaving he mentioned that he was considering radial keratotomy. ❋ Unknown (2003)
For readers out there considering eye surgery, PRK or LASIK is superior to radial keratotomy. posted by sydney on ❋ Unknown (2003)
UPDATE: A reader wrote to excoriate my patient's ophtalmologist for offering him the older radial keratotomy procedure instead of the newer, more reliable PRK or LASIK. ❋ Unknown (2003)
In fact, many people who have had radial keratotomy in the past, now find that their refractive error has return or they have developed other refractive errors and LASIK would be an option for them. ❋ Unknown (2003)
I had radial keratotomy surgery approximately 20 years ago. ❋ Unknown (2003)
However, radial keratotomy may complicate the outcomes of CK, so it may not be a good idea if you've already had radial keratotomy. ❋ Unknown (2003)
In fact, WaveFront LASIK, which has recently been developed, may give them an opportunity to significantly improve the quality of the vision that they had even immediately after they had radial keratotomy. ❋ Unknown (2003)
