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What is Radial Keratotomy Correction? Radial Keratotomy (RK) is a surgical procedure developed in the 1970s to correct nearsightedness (myopia) by altering the shape of the cornea. The procedure involves making tiny, radial incisions in the cornea using a diamond blade. These incisions help flatten the cornea, improving the eye’s ability to focus light properly […]

Radial Keratotomy was a surgery performed in the 1980s that was popularized in Russia from an intelligent finding off a car windshield accident that left a young man’s cornea sliced in Radial (think spokes of a wheel) fashion that ended up flattening that cornea and hence correcting that patient’s nearsightedness (myopia). Late Dr. Syatoslav Fyodorov […]

Dr. Gulani’s Surgical Pearls & Concepts for Surgeons Correcting RK Eyes Refraction is what starts the thought process with every patient. It doesn’t matter if the cornea has opacity. The refraction is what we concentrate on. Refraction helps provide a pathway to improve someone’s vision notwithstanding the number, pattern, or irregularity and density of cuts. […]