Aim To evaluate refractive and visual outcomes of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) to treat high hyperopia using an aberration-neutral profile and large ablation zone. Methods This was a ...

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Four eyes had superficial keratectomy and one eye had lysis of symblepharon, membrane removal, and sutured AMT at the time of ProKera placement. Four eyes (4/10, 40%) had successful outcome and 3 ...

BACKGROUND The free radical balance of the eye may be changed by excimer laser keratectomy. Previous studies have demonstrated that excimer laser keratectomy increases the corneal temperature, ...

A superficial lamellar keratectomy was performed on each cornea under an operating microscope (Carl Zeiss OPMI Visu 210 S8, Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany). A stromal defect of 5 mm width and 7 mm ...

Abusayf, M.M., Tobaigy, M.F., Alfawaz, A. and Alkatan, H.M. (2022) Femtosecond Laser Assisted Superficial Lamellar Keratectomy as a Successful Treatment of Corneal Opacity in a Patient with Thiel ...

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Finally, if this treatment proves ineffective or the ulcer is extremely advanced, a surgical procedure known as a superficial keratectomy may be required, and this does require a general anesthetic.