Corneal Ectasia Risk And Percentage Tissue Altered In Myopic Patients Presenting For Refractive Surgery.
Hon Shing OngMohamed FarookBenjamin Boon Chuan TanGeraint P WilliamsMarcony R SanthiagoJodhbir S MehtaPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2019)
SMILE and LASEK alter the range of PTA, within which corneal refractive surgery may be performed with a lower risk of developing post-operative corneal ectasia; a safe PTA threshold needs to be determined for these procedures before recommendations for clinical practice can be made.