Keratectomy

02/01/2014 - "Astigmatism secondary to PHSD can be effectively treated with keratectomy. "
06/01/2003 - "Peripheral full thickness keratectomy, in our experience, proved effective in reducing astigmatism, in improving visual acuity, and in stopping the progression of the disease. "
07/01/2000 - "Photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy with the Summit Apex Plus excimer laser is a safe and effective method of reducing compound myopic astigmatism. "
02/01/2014 - "To evaluate the efficacy of keratectomy in treating irregular astigmatism caused by peripheral hypertrophic subepithelial corneal degeneration (PHSD) and to study the possible underlying immunological risk factors. "
04/01/1998 - "To study the efficacy of photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy (PARK) by the MEL 60 (Aesculap-Meditec, Jana, Germany) scanning excimer laser for the treatment of myopic astigmatism, with follow-up of 18 months. "

10/01/1991 - "Laser-induced scarring may be an important factor in limiting visual improvement in patients undergoing phototherapeutic keratectomy."
04/01/2000 - "All 4 were treated successfully with manual debridement of the epithelium and manual excision of the fibrous scar, followed by phototherapeutic keratectomy."
09/01/2012 - "Phototherapeutic keratectomy with MMC can be an effective treatment for late-onset scar. "
08/01/1996 - "Corneal topography improved in 17 eyes and worsened in 1. The average refractive shift was +1.4 diopters; patients undergoing general PTK, PTK combined with mechanical superficial keratectomy, and superficial scar removal had greater degrees of hyperopic shift. "
09/01/2007 - "This study evaluated the efficacy of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in severe cases of anterior stromal scarring. "

04/01/1994 - "Our results showed that therapeutic lamellar keratectomy is beneficial in chronic, indolent keratitis, such as Candida and Fusarium keratitis, where it promoted corneal healing and shortened the duration of treatment required. "
11/01/2020 - "To report the clinical manifestations, ultrastructure and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic lamellar keratectomy (TLK) and penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for microsporidial stromal keratitis (MSK). "
11/01/2016 - "The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of a novel surgical intervention, excisional keratectomy combined with focal cryotherapy and amniotic membrane inlay (EKCAI), for the treatment of recalcitrant filamentary fungal keratitis. "
07/01/1995 - "To determine the efficacy of using extensive lamellar keratectomy for treating patients who have nontuberculous mycobacterial keratitis that is unresponsive to medical treatment. "
09/01/2000 - "In this study we investigated the presence of apoptotic cell death in keratectomy specimens from patients with HSV-1 stromal keratitis. "

04/01/2004 - "Lamellar keratectomy with the use of an automated microkeratome is a safe and effective method for removing superficial anterior corneal opacities. "
07/01/2023 - "To examine the efficacy of phototherapeutic keratectomy as a treatment for variable pathologies with anterior corneal opacities and evaluate the distribution of phototherapeutic keratectomy indications over the past 10 years. "
09/28/2023 - "The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcome of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) for treating remaining anterior corneal opacities after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). "
09/01/2004 - "To evaluate the efficacy and safety of phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) for the treatment of superficial corneal opacities, surface irregularities, epithelial instability, and reepithelialization failure in pediatric patients and study the visual and refractive changes after combined PTK and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). "
05/01/2001 - "To study the visual and refractive changes in patients with superficial corneal opacities after excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK). "

10/01/2018 - "Five years after sequential customized therapeutic keratectomy, most eyes with Reis-Bücklers' corneal dystrophy showed improved visual acuity, stable refraction, and improved or stable higher order aberrations. "
04/02/2020 - "Phototherapeutic keratectomy is an effective and safe option for treatment in both granular and macular corneal dystrophy. "
11/01/2005 - "To evaluate the safety and efficacy of microkeratome-assisted lamellar keratoplasty (MLK) for the treatment of recurrent granular corneal dystrophy (GCD) after phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK). "
05/01/2005 - "To evaluate the safety and efficacy of automated lamellar keratoplasty for the treatment of recurrent granular corneal dystrophy after phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK). "
05/01/1998 - "To evaluate the efficacy of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) in treating the Schnyder cristalline corneal dystrophy. "