High myopic photorefractive keratectomy outcomes with the Alcon Wavelight ® EX500 excimer laser

To present refractive outcomes from consecutive cases with the Alcon Wavelight EX500 excimer laser using photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in patients with high myopia. A retrospective chart review of consecutive cases of high myopic eyes (≥6.0 Diopters [D]) undergoing PRK with the Alcon Wavelight E...

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Published in:Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) N.Z.), 2018-01, Vol.12, p.1041-1048
Main Authors: Mifflin, Mark D, Betts, Brent S, Nguyen, Jason, Pouly, Severin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cataracts
Comparative analysis
Eye surgery
High myopia
Lasers
Myopia
Ophthalmology
Original Research
Photorefractive keratectomy
PRK
refractive surgery
Surgeons
Surgery
wavefront-optimized
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Summary:To present refractive outcomes from consecutive cases with the Alcon Wavelight EX500 excimer laser using photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in patients with high myopia. A retrospective chart review of consecutive cases of high myopic eyes (≥6.0 Diopters [D]) undergoing PRK with the Alcon Wavelight EX500 excimer laser (Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX, USA) was done. Moderately high myopic eyes (6.0 to
ISSN:1177-5467
1177-5483
1177-5483
DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S164110