Titre du document / Document title

Corneal sensitivity after photorefractive keratectomy

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

CAMPOS M. ; HERTZOG L. ; GARBUS J. J. ; MCDONNELL P. J. ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

Univ. southern California school medicine, Doheny eye inst., dep. ophthalmology, Los Angeles CA, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Corneal anesthesia or hypesthesia can complicate refractive surgical procedures such as epikeratophakia and radial keratotomy. An esthesiometer was used to measure the corneal sensitivity in unoperated-on corneas and fellow corneas after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. Decrease in corneal sensitivity was noted within six postoperative weeks, with mean sensitivity being 75.2%±13.3% of normal. Within the first three postoperative months, the patients operated on for correction of compound astigmatism recovered 95.7%±5.3% of the corneal sensitivity, whereas the patients operated on for correction of severe myopia recovered 86.2%±11.2% (P=.07)

Revue / Journal Title

American journal of ophthalmology   ISSN 0002-9394   CODEN AJOPAA 

Source / Source

1992, vol. 114, n^o1, pp. 51-54 (12 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Elsevier, New York, NY, ETATS-UNIS  (1884) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Refractive error ; Keratectomy ; Esthesiometry ; Surgery ; Treatment ; Laser ; Excimer ; Cornea ; Human ; Eye disease ; Vision disorder ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Trouble réfraction oculaire ; Kératectomie ; Esthésiométrie ; Chirurgie ; Traitement ; Laser ; Excimère ; Cornée ; Homme ; Oeil pathologie ; Trouble vision ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Trastorno refracción ocular ; Queratectomía ; Estesiometría ; Cirugía ; Tratamiento ; Laser ; Excímero ; Córnea ; Hombre ; Ojo patología ; Trastorno visión ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 2012, 35400003948305.0090