Corneal refractive correction by laser thermal keratoplasty
- 1 June 1990
- proceedings article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
- p. 334-340
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.17643
Abstract
We report corneal curvature modifications for rabbit corneas which we achieved by controlled heating of the cornea with a continuous Co:MgF2 laser in the 2 micron region. Our experiments were designed to flatten the cornea, which is required for myopic correction. Large changes of 6-8 diopters in corneal curvature have been stable for the one year duration of the experiments. This is a new method for correcting corneal curvature which retains normal corneal function while not requiring invasive techniques such as cutting or ablation.Keywords
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