PURPOSE To evaluate the results of combined aspheric wavefront-guided transepithelial excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) to correct aberrations and refractive errors after radial keratotomy (RK) or keratoplasty. SETTING Sekal Rovigo Microsurgery Centre, Rovigo, Italy. METHODS This retrospective noncomparative consecutive case series compri...

OBJECTIVE To describe the use of transepithelial phototherapeutic keratecomy for the long-term treatment of post-laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) flap macrostriae. METHOD We present the case of a 22 year old male with visual loss in the left eye due to chronic flap macrostriae that was treated with transepithelial PTK. RESULTS Striae and haze were no longer visible, with a significant i...

Methods PTK was performed in 73 eyes of 64 patients. Data regarding the demography, indications for PTK, ablation depth, optical zone, keratometry. BCL removal , symptomatic relief, preand postoperative best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), spherical equivalent changes, recurrence and complications were analyzed. The indications for PTK in our study were classified into two categories...