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Radial Keratotomy Corrections with LenzOPlastique® Cataract Surgery: Extreme RK, Corneal Scars and Cataracts to 20/20 Vision Patients who underwent Radial Keratotomy (RK) eye surgery decades ago are increasingly facing a new challenge: cataracts developing in eyes whose corneas were permanently altered by RK. Many of these patients begin searching for answers when their vision becomes […]

Why “Early Cataracts” in RK Eyes May Be the Most Misunderstood Diagnosis in Ophthalmology The Frustration Most RK Patients Know Too Well For many patients who underwent Radial Keratotomy (RK) in the 1980s and 1990s, the journey decades later often feel like a never-ending search for answers. They describe fluctuating vision, changing glasses prescriptions, increasing […]

Radial Keratotomy (RK) Repair: What Patients Say… Even After They Return to Their Referring Surgeons “Dr. Gulani truly is the best radial keratotomy repair eye surgeon in the world who other eye surgeons fly their patients to” – JS; patient of  Gulani Vision Institute. There is a moment in every complex medical journey that matters […]

Radial Keratotomy Eyes: From a Historical Friendship to a Reconstructive Surgical Discipline Fluctuating vision, glare, starbursts, hyperopia, failed LASIK, failed cataract surgery on RK eyes — RK eyes are not broken. They are misunderstood. Radial keratotomy occupies a unique place in refractive surgery. It represents both one of the boldest surgical innovations of the late […]

Disappointed After RK Correction Surgery? Radial Keratotomy Patients from all over are reporting poor and worsening vision after incorrect surgeries being performed by self-proclaimed experts and hyped advertising of lens implants, topography-guided lasers, Light Adjustable Lenses (LALs), and one-size-fits-all surgeries on RK eyes. Here’s the truth—and the path to recovery. The Rising Epidemic: When Hope […]