RADIAL KERATOTOMY RESULTS OF THE AMERICAN, RUSSIAN, OR COMBINED TECHNIQUE

Thirty myopic eyes underwent anterior radial keratotomy by the America n, Russian, or Combined surgical technique. The American technique gav e the least correction, lowest micro-perforation rate, and least overc orrection. The Russian and the Combined techniques yielded more eyes t hat achieved 20/20 and 20/40 uncorrected vision. The Combined techniqu e gave the most refractive effect, least undercorrection, and least in duced astigmatism. This article describes the details of the three sur gical techniques.