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Assessing the efficacy of topical corticosteroids following radial keratotomy
Refractive & Corneal Surgery
|September 1, 1993
Abstract
Background:
The postoperative use of topical corticosteroids may decrease the risk for regression and thereby improve the refractive outcome following radial keratotomy.
Methods:
Twenty patients with identical preoperative refractions in each eye underwent bilateral radial keratotomy in one sitting. One eye was treated with dexamethasone twice daily for 3 months postoperatively; the fellow eye was not.
Results:
Three months postoperatively, there was no difference between the refractions of the two groups of eyes.
Conclusion:
The use of topical dexamethasone after radial keratotomy for 3 months does not improve the refractive outcome.