Ten-Year Results on Radial Keratotomy Released

After a decade of patient followup, a National Eye Institute (NEI)-supported study reported today that radial keratotomy (RK) remained a reasonably safe and effective technique to improve distance vision.
However, the study found that more than 40 percent of RK-operated eyes continued to have a gradual shift toward farsightedness. This finding suggests that some people who have RK may need glasses at an earlier age for poor close-up vision, a common problem after age 40, than if they had chosen not to have the surgery.
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Source: News from NEI - August 29, 2014 Category: Opthalmology Authors: David Source Type: news