PRK in patients with a keratoconic topography picture. The concept of a physiological 'displaced apex syndrome'

S J Doyle; E Hynes; S Naroo; S Shah

doi:10.1136/bjo.80.1.25

PRK in patients with a keratoconic topography picture. The concept of a physiological 'displaced apex syndrome'

S J Doyle, E Hynes, S Naroo, S Shah

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Abstract

Keratoconus is generally held to be an absolute contraindication for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). Corneas with inferior steepening on corneal topography are widely thought to have subclinical keratoconus. We were not convinced that this is always the case, as there seems to be a group of patients with a stable inferior steepening pattern on topography who show no other characteristics of clinical keratoconus. We thus decided to offer PRK to some of these patients under strictly defined criteria.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-8
Number of pages	4
Journal	British Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	80
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.80.1.25
Publication status	Published - Jan 1996

Keywords

Adult
Cornea
Corneal Diseases
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Keratoconus
Lasers, Excimer
Male
Myopia
Photorefractive Keratectomy

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PRK in patients with a keratoconic topography picture. The concept of a physiological 'displaced apex syndrome'

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