Is wearing contact lenses always possible following a radial keratotomy?
Haverbeke, L.
Bulletin de la Societe Belge d'Ophtalmologie 234: 29-33
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0081-0746 PMID: 2486344 Document Number: 333018
Checking our radial keratotomy database, we have been able to conclude that contact lens wear after RK is exceptional (0.6%), possible, easy. It further appears clearly that centripetal way of cutting is by far to be preferred above downhill-centrifugal cutting.
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