Radial keratotomy (RK) is a type of eye surgery used to correct myopia (nearsightedness).
Radial keratotomy is one of several surgical techniques to correct nearsightedness, reducing or eliminating the need for corrective lenses.
Radial keratotomy is one of several surgical techniques to correct nearsightedness, reducing or eliminating the need for corrective lenses.
Myopia
Myopia
Radial keratotomy is one of several surgical techniques to correct nearsightedness, reducing or eliminating the need for corrective lenses.
Radial Keratotomy or RK is used to treat nearsightedness also known as myopia. This procedure was developed by Svyatoslav Fyodorov a Russian optamologist in 1974.
myopia
Correcting nearsightedness
The surgeon uses a delicate diamond-tipped blade, a microscope, and microscopic instruments to make several spoke-like, "radial" incisions in the nonviewing (peripheral) portion of the cornea.
photorefractive Keratectomy
Radial keratotomy (RK) is a surgical procedure to correct nearsightedness by making incisions in the cornea. This procedure does not specifically sharpen any of the five senses. However, it can improve vision by reducing nearsightedness, thereby potentially enhancing the sense of sight. Overall, RK primarily targets vision correction rather than directly sharpening any specific senses.
make several spoke-like "radial" incisions in the non-viewing (peripheral) portion of the cornea. As the incisions heal, the slits alter the curve of the cornea, making it more flat, which may improve the focus of images onto the retina