Homoplastic Keratomileusis for the Correction of Myopia

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Abstract
The authors performed primary homoplastic myopic keratomileusis (MKM) on ten eyes with a minimal followup of three months. The mean preoperative refractive error was -15.13 diopters, Postoperatively, the mean myopia was -0.89 diopter. The surgical accuracy was 93% ± 8.6% with a correlation coefficient of 0.98. Refractive astigmatism was reduced by 0.52 diopter. All patients achieved their preoperative spectacle acuity except for one patient whose vision was reduced from 20/20 to 20/25. The authors conclude that primary homoplastic MKM warrants further investigation as an alternative to autoplastic MKM and myopic epikeratophakia.

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