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Radial keratotomy for pseudophakic myopia
Author(s) -
Plesner H. J.,
Andersen J.,
Olsen T.,
Ehlers N.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1988.tb08546.x
Subject(s) - radial keratotomy , ophthalmology , medicine , cataract extraction , optometry , intraocular lens , eye disease , refractive error
. Cataract extraction with implantation of a standard power IOL occasionally gives rise to considerable post‐operative myopia. When operation of the second eye is indicated, the question may arise whether the patient should be made strongly myopic in both eyes, be made anisometropic, or have the already implanted IOL exchanged for a weaker one. We report here on 3 patients made isometropic and low‐grade myopic after radial keratotomy in the myopic pseudophakic eye followed by cataract extraction and implantation of an IOL of predicted power in the second eye.