Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(7):527-534.
Published online July 1, 1991.
Effect of Excimer Laser Radial Kentotomy on the Correction of Myopia and Astigmatism: Report 2.
Tae Hun Choi, Ha Bum Lee
Department of Ophthalmology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, College of medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
Excimer Laser 방사상 각막절개술을 이용한 근시교정 효과 ( 제 2 보 )
최태훈(Tae Hun Choi),이하범(Ha Bum Lee)
Abstract
The term Excimer is a contraction of "Excited dimer", and it is emitting light produced in the far-ultraviolet portion of the spectrum and has a wave length of 193 nm produced by an argon fluoride. It ablate corneal tissue through photochemical Iaser tissue interaction without thermal damage. We performed the radial keratotomy with argon fluoride excimer laser (MEL50, MEDITEC,W.GERMANY) and treated 71 eyes of myopia and myopic astigmatism from February 1989 to February 1990. All eyes were followed up about six months to 1 yr or over 1 yr and the results were as follows: 1) The mean flattening by skiascopy was 2.32 diopters(D), that is 1.42 D of low myopia, 2.07 D of moderate myopia, 2.54 D of high myopia. By Keratometry, the mean flattening was 1.67 D, that is 2.0 D of low myopia, 1.9 D of moderate myopia, 1.52 D of high myopia. In the correction for the best visual acuity, spectacle diopter was decreased average 2.19 D, that is 1.75 D of low myopia, 2.32 D of moderate myopia, 2.15 D of high myopia respectively. After Ruiz operation, the astigmatic flattening in 4 cases were 2.0, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.0 D respectively. 2) The uncorrected visual acuity after surgery was 20/40 or better in 32% of the entire eye group, that is, 60% of low myopia, 60% of moderate myopia and 12% of high myopia.
Key Words: Excimer laser;Radial keratotomy;Myopia;Astigmatism


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