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Radial keratotomy: background and how to manage these patients nowadays

2024; BioMed Central; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12886-023-03261-0

1471-2415

Guilherme Novoa Colombo Barboza, Pablo Felipe Rodrigues, Fernanda Daroz Paulo Colombo-Barboza, Bernardo Kaplan Moscovici, Luiz Roberto Colombo-Barboza, Marcello Novoa Colombo Barboza, Walton Nosé,

Ocular Surface and Contact Lens

Abstract In this review, we presented the principles of radial keratotomy (RK), its evolution, enhancement, and complications, and strategies to manage the consequences of RK in the present day. It is essential to understand the RK procedure f, the theoretical background that supported this surgery, the current effect on the cornea, and how to approach patients needing vision improvement. These patients are developing cataracts that need to be handled well, from the IOL calculation to the surgical procedure. Guided keratorefractive surgery is the most accurate procedure to improve these patient's vision and life. Nevertheless, some patients may need other approaches, such as sutures, penetrating keratoplasty, corneal rings, and pinhole implants, depending on the degree of irregularity of the cornea, ablation depth for guided surgery or if the sutures are open.