Abstract:Conductive keratoplasty (CK) is a radiofrequency-based treatment that steepens the central cornea. The procedure is especially effective at improving the near vision of presbyopic hyperopes or emmetropes through the induction of a mild myopia in the nondominant eye. A large proportion of properly selected patients gain near vision without marked loss of binocular distance vision. The procedure has also been used to treat lowto-moderate hyperopia, presbyopia in patients who previously had laser in situ keratomi… Show more
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