%0 Journal Article
%T What Happens 20 to 30 years After Radial Keratotomy? Case Series.
%A Iwamoto Y
%A Koh S
%A Inoue R
%A Maeda N
%A McDonald M
%A Nishida K
%J Eye Contact Lens
%V 50
%N 7
%D 2024 Jul 1
%M 38728248
%F 3.152
%R 10.1097/ICL.0000000000001097
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Radial keratotomy (RK) was commonly performed in the 1980s and 1990s. We aimed to clarify the current status of post-RK refractive correction and treatment. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 70 patients with a history of RK. Of the 70 patients, 44 were identified for clinical outcomes. Refractive or therapeutic intervention (rigid gas-permeable contact lens fit, spectacle prescription, corneal surgery, and use of pilocarpine hydrochloride for photophobia) was possible in 59% of patients with postoperative visual deterioration after RK; in the remaining 41%, therapeutic intervention was not possible. Rigid gas-permeable contact lens fit for corneal irregular astigmatism was the most common refractive intervention and was effective in 36% of cases in the university hospital.