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Administrator   Firstname: Marc Gender:  Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 39599 Chats: 11125 Location: Hennef  | Thermal keratoplasty is used to correct hyperopia by putting a ring of 8 or 16 small burns surrounding the pupil, and steepen the cornea with a ring of collagen constriction. It can also be used to treat selected types of astigmatism. Laser thermal keratoplasty (LTK) is a no-touch thermal keratoplasty performed with a Holmium laser, while conductive keratoplasty (CK) is thermal keratoplasty performed with a high-frequency electric probe. Thermal keratoplasty can also be used to improve presbyopia or reading vision after age 40. Intra-Stromal corneal rings (Intacs) are approved by FDA for treatment of low degrees of myopia. Lens implantation inside the eye can also be used to change refractive errors. | ||
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