National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Phototherapeutic laser keratectomy for corneal surface irregularities

Symptomatic corneal surface irregularities may result from a range of pathologies including band keratopathy, corneal scarring, nodular degeneration, epithelial basement membrane dystrophy or other ...
Healio

Surgeons weigh best method to treat corneal dystrophies

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and ...
Healio

Customized keratectomy shows long-term efficacy in treatment of granular corneal dystrophy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A customized PTK technique showed long-term efficacy in the treatment of granular corneal dystrophy type 1. It ...
Nature

Reply to Corneal hysteresis in eyes undergoing phototherapeutic keratectomy

We appreciate the insightful comments of Drs Qiu and Zhang on our published article. 1 We had shown earlier that eyes with higher intraocular pressure (IOP) are more predisposed to having lower ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Phototherapeutic laser keratectomy for corneal surface irregularities

Evidence-based recommendations on phototherapeutic laser keratectomy for corneal surface irregularities. This involves using a laser to remove layers of the cornea in order to produce a smooth, even ...