Corneal ectasia risk and percentage tissue altered in myopic patients presenting for refractive surgery

• Main Authors: Ong, Hon Shing, Mohamed Farook, Tan, Benjamin Boon Chuan, Williams, Geraint P., Santhiago, Marcony Rodrigues, Mehta, Jodhbir Singh
• 其他作者: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2020
• 主題: Engineering::Materials; Percentage Tissue Altered; Ectasia
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142168

Purpose: A percentage tissue altered (PTA) score of ≥40% has been advocated as an independent indicator of post-operative ectasia risk following laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK). This study was performed to test the hypothesis that refractive procedures, such as laser-assisted subepithelial kera...