A/An radial keratotomy is a surgical procedure to correct myopia by making incisions in the cornea to cause it to flatten.
Myopia or nearsightedness is treated with a type of refractive surgery called radial keratotomy (RK). RK, which was invented in Russia in the 1970s by Svyatoslav Fyodorov, a Russian ophthalmologist, was the first refractive surgical technique to become popular in North America.
In an RK surgery, the cornea is flattened by use of a series of small, deep incisions. As myopia is frequently caused by an excessive corneal curvature, this surgery will ideally aid to lessen nearsightedness and astigmatism.
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