Radial keratotomy (RK) is a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia (nearsightedness). It was developed in 1974 by Svyatoslav Fyodorov, a Russian...

tracking outcomes of cross-linking in patients with keratoconus. Radial keratotomy is a refractive surgery procedure where the surgeon makes a spoke-like...

Look up keratotomy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Keratotomy is a type of refractive surgical procedure and can refer to: Radial keratotomy Photorefractive...

Rob Hall of Adventure Consultants. Weathers, who had recently had radial keratotomy surgery, soon discovered that he was blinded by the effects of high...

astigmatism Astigmatic keratotomy, arcuate keratotomy, or transverse keratotomy[clarification needed] Radial keratotomy Hexagonal keratotomy[clarification needed]...

photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), and LASEK. All represent advances over radial keratotomy in the surgical treatment of refractive errors of vision. For patients...

surgery, including techniques for astigmatism and the invention of radial keratotomy for myopia. Jules Gonin (1870–1935) (Switzerland) was the "father...

surgeon to perform bypass surgery) Svyatoslav Fyodorov (creator of radial keratotomy) Harold Gillies (pioneer of plastic surgery) Jesse Gray (First female...

cortical) Refractive surgery (LASIK, photorefractive keratectomy, radial keratotomy) Sorsby's Fundus Dystrophy (Macular degeneration) Vitamin A deficiency;...

transport unit. Victor Chang Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000), creator of radial keratotomy John Heysham Gibbon, invented the heart-lung machine. Henry Gray,...