RADIAL ASYMMETRIC KERATOTOMY FOR LOW MYOP IA

Thirty patients (47 eyes) underwent a radial keratotomy for low myopia (from -0.75 to -2.5 D). Surgical technique was as follows: optical zo ne between 3.0 and 4.5 mm according to the degree of the myopia; two r adial incisions in vertical superior and nasal horizontal meridian. Th e incisions were full thickness, obtained either with the ''Russian'' (centripetal) technique or with a centrifugal technique, but using a s pecial designed knife. Mean refractive result was 1.73 D. For low myop ia, our technique seems less traumatic and the refractive effect more rapidly steady.