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Radial keratotomy and informed consent

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Annals of Ophthalmology

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This article reports 2 cases of corneal rupture occurring years after radial keratotomy and the results of an informal survey to determine whether patients are informed of the eye's higher postoperative vulnerability. Both eyes lost useful vision after rupturing at the incision sites, and one was encleated. None of the ophthalmologists surveyed included in their standard informed consent a discussion of the globe's reduced resistance to trauma by blunt objects after radical keratotomy.

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  1. Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation, P.O. Box 55687, 35255, Birmingham, AL

    Ferenc Kuhn MD & W. Todd Johnston MD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Kenézy Hospital, Debrecen, Hungary

    Maadolna Török MD

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical School, Pécs, Hungary

    Viktória Mester MD

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary

    András Berta MD

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Kuhn, F., Johnston, W.T., Török, M. et al. Radial keratotomy and informed consent. Ann Ophthalmol 32, 331–332 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12009-000-0075-5

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