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Nima Koosha1, Mir-Siamak Riazi, Parisa Janfaza
1From the Isfahan Eye Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Koosha, Riazi, Janfaza, Mohammadbeigy, Pourazizi, Peyman); Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Rahimi); Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Khoshali).
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Laser vision correction for residual refractive errors in patients with previous radial keratotomy (RK) presents a challenging task. Different techniques have been used with varying outcomes. This study aimed to systematically review published articles on refractive surgeries in post-RK patients by conducting a search on PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. The final analysis included 35 studies that described a total of 888 eyes. Our systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrated a significant improvement in uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), topography-guided PRK, wavefront-guided PRK, and femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) while mechanical microkeratome LASIK did not yield such significant improvements. Moreover, our results suggest that post-RK patients with hyperopia had a significant improvement in UDVA, whereas no such improvement was observed in patients with myopia.
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