And, I'm curious about the Conductive keratotomy surgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2003] Reference

I had radial keratotomy surgery approximately 20 years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2003] Reference

One concern is whether the long-term effect of radial keratotomy might be loss of vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diffusion of Innovations] Reference

An illustration is radial keratotomy, a surgical procedure for correcting certain eyesight problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diffusion of Innovations] Reference

For readers out there considering eye surgery, PRK or LASIK is superior to radial keratotomy. posted by sydney on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medpundit] Reference

The same might be said for the microwave oven, the hair dryer, laser keratotomy, REITs, the Xbox and the ATM machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten Things That Will Change The Way We Live Things That Will Change The Way We Live] Reference

However, radial keratotomy may complicate the outcomes of CK, so it may not be a good idea if you've already had radial keratotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2003] Reference

A brand-new technique for helping eggs hatch involves the eximer laser—the same equipment used for radial keratotomy, the operation that corrects nearsightedness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Pregnant] Reference

Acronym for laser in situ keratotomy, a procedure for eye surgery that corrects near-sightedness by using a laser to cut a flap in the cornea so that it flattens out.    From Wordnik.com.  [LASIK] Reference

UPDATE: A reader wrote to excoriate my patient's ophtalmologist for offering him the older radial keratotomy procedure instead of the newer, more reliable PRK or LASIK.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medpundit] Reference

PRK, performed in the physician's office with local anesthesia, is a far more sophisticated procedure than a controversial form of surgery called radial keratotomy (RK).    From Wordnik.com.  [A Light For Poor Eyes] Reference

Lots of people had already undergone an older, less-reliable treatment called RK (radial keratotomy), but my doctor was anxious to get the word out about the new technique.    From Wordnik.com.  [nad hen j��c eto] Reference

Surgeons thought they had perfected radial keratotomy, surgery performed to enable better vision without glasses, on rabbits, but the procedure blinded the first human patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Why Killing Lab Rats Is Good] Reference

He reminded me three times during the visit that he "scraped and scrambled to get up the money to come in," but then as he was leaving he mentioned that he was considering radial keratotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medpundit] Reference

In fact, many people who have had radial keratotomy in the past, now find that their refractive error has return or they have developed other refractive errors and LASIK would be an option for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2003] Reference

In fact, WaveFront LASIK, which has recently been developed, may give them an opportunity to significantly improve the quality of the vision that they had even immediately after they had radial keratotomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2003] Reference

Trokel, an opthalmologist, was the first to use the laser on the cornea and proceeded to use the same principles as that of radial keratotomy and ALK.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Dr. Steven Trokel, an opthalmologist, was the first to use the laser on the cornea and proceeded to use the same principles as that of radial keratotomy and ALK.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

I think about getting laser surgery, but I know from my readings that it would only be a partial repair – I’m too far gone for the miracle recovery that some people get – and then I Google the words “radial keratotomy” and my bowels get all fluttery when I think of being awake while they flay my eyes open into little flaps.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Weird Commercial] Reference

Why should I subsidize his radial keratotomy?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medpundit] Reference