Results of Excimer Laser Photorefractive Keratectomy for the Correction of Myopia

Ten-year follow-up of photorefractive keratectomy for myopia

“…On the other hand, many previous studies have reported regression after PRK [8,9,13,14]. Many factors have been reported to play a role in myopic regression, such as epithelial hyperplasia, increasing corneal thickness, posterior corneal steepening because of corneal thinning, change in corneal biomechanics, increase in axial length, and lenticular sclerosis [18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. In our study, there was mild myopic regression in all cases.…”

Retroviral vector-mediated gene transfer into keratocytes: in vitro effects of polybrene and protamine sulfate

“…In particular, there is no explanation for the substantial interindividual variability in wound healing after keratitis, corneal trauma, penetrating keratoplasty or refractive surgical corrections. Patients with corneal infections or lamellar corneal trauma and those who have undergone superficial keratectomy, such as a photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) [15,28,44], would benefit from a decreased wound healing response in order to avoid central corneal opacities [27] and irregular corneal astigmatism [45]; however, patients who have had a penetrating keratoplasty may benefit from an accelerated wound healing response in order to allow for earlier suture removal and visual rehabilitation [35,36].…”

Visual stability of laser vision correction in an astronaut on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station

“…[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Initial optical zone diameters were relatively small (4.0 to 5.0 mm) and led to frequent reports of glare and halos around lights at night. 27 Larger optical zones reduced, but did not eliminate, the incidence of night-vision disturbances.…”