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...

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

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

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

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

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

role in modern electronics (Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000). 1970s Radial keratotomy by Svyatoslav Fyodorov 1970 Excimer laser 1970 Robotic sample return...