Abstract:Purpose To evaluate the influence of corneal tomographic and biomechanical indexes on the refractive technique indication. Methods A total of 251 eyes from 251 patients interested in refractive surgery were enrolled in this cross-sectional and multicenter study. Previous to the surgeon decision, a preoperative protocol was performed by refractive optometrists, containing four sections: refraction, biometry, corneal tomography and biomechanics. The refractive surgeons made a first decision based only on refract… Show more
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