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Chapter-05 LASIK in Hyperopia

BOOK TITLE: Gems of Ophthalmology—Cornea and Sclera

Author
1. Raju VK
2. Hilton Stephen
3. Madhavi G
ISBN
9789352702480
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18039_6
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1. Ocular Surface Center and Ocular Surface Research and Education Foundation, Miami, Florida, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
2. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
3. Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology, Kakinada, AP, India, Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Chapter keywords
Laser in situ keratomileusis, LASIK, hyperopia, photorefractive keratectomy, PRK, laser epithelial keratomileusis, LASEK, central cornea, excimer laser

Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to introduce the LASIK in hyperopia. The surgical correction of hyperopia is still in evolution. To correct hyperopia surgically, the surgeon has options following as steepening the central cornea with excimer laser, steepening the central cornea by collagen shrinkage, adding a lens of particular power within the cornea or inside the eye and exchanging the patient’s crystalline lens with one of a different power. This chapter covers the surface ablative procedures, and complications of hyperopic LASIK. Steepening the central cornea by surface ablation using photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) or laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) is occasionally performed today.

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