O.S. KUZNETZOVA, V.P. FOKIN

The Volgograd Branch of the S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, 80 Zemlyachki Str., Volgograd, Russian Federation, 400138 

Kuznetzova O.S. ― ophthalmologist, tel. (8442) 91-50-65, e-mail: mntk@isee.ru

Fokin V.P. ― D. Med. Sc., Professor, Director, tel. (8442) 58-16-80, e-mail: fokin@isee.ru

 Comparative analysis of the two groups of patients was performed: the first group consisted of 40 patients after LASIK surgery who had previously applied orthokeratology lenses; the second group consisted of 46 patients after operations who had used only spectacle correction. During intraoperative, early post-operative and remote periods no complications were observed in both groups. The stability of refraction was observed in both groups at all stages of observation.

Key words: myopia, LASIK, orthokeratology contact lenses.

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