Category: Radial Keratotomy (RK)

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Understanding Radial Keratotomy (RK): From Breakthrough to Modern-Day Challenges Radial Keratotomy (RK), once considered a pioneering refractive surgery for nearsightedness, now stands as a source of frustration for countless patients decades later. The procedure, involving multiple radial cuts across the cornea, aimed to flatten its shape and correct myopia. However, the passage of time has […]

Restoring Vision in Radial Keratotomy Patients with Cataracts from around The World at Gulani Vision Institute The Global Impact of Radial Keratotomy and Cataract Complications Radial Keratotomy (RK) was once a groundbreaking procedure for correcting nearsightedness, performed on patients worldwide. However, years later, many RK patients now face complex cataract situations, experiencing extreme visual distortions, […]

Radial Keratotomy (RK): A Historical Perspective Radial Keratotomy (RK), once a groundbreaking method for correcting nearsightedness, now presents significant challenges for many patient’s decades after the procedure. Dr. Arun C. Gulani, the pioneer of next-generation vision correction techniques like LazrPlastique® and LenzOplastique®, actively revolutionizes RK complication treatments by combining art and science to restore, stabilize, […]

Radial Keratotomy (RK) was once a groundbreaking surgical procedure designed to correct nearsightedness (myopia). Introduced in the 1970s, it involves making radial incisions on the cornea to flatten its curvature to improve how light focuses on the retina. While RK has been primarily replaced by advanced laser-based procedures like LASIK, PRK, and LaZrPlastique®, millions of […]

Radial Keratotomy (RK) is a refractive surgical procedure that gained prominence in the late 20th century. It was a trailblazing approach to correcting nearsightedness (myopia). Developed in the 1970s by Russian ophthalmologist Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov, RK represented a paradigm shift in vision correction, offering a surgical alternative to eyeglasses and contact lenses. The procedure involves […]

Radial Keratotomy (RK) was once a revolutionary surgery for vision correction, helping patients around the world reduce their dependency on glasses or contact lenses. However, over time, as more advanced vision correction techniques like LASIK, PRK, SMILE, ICL and LaZrPlastique®, LenzOplastique® have emerged, RK is now viewed through a historical lens, often studied for its […]

Attorneys testify to Dr. Gulani’s world supremacy in correcting Radial Keratotomy complications by themselves undergoing his proprietary, custom-designed techniques. “Accepts, Performs and Delivers; for the WORLD: Being an Attorney, I did my research (Reviewed Dr.Gulani’s website over 8 times) traveled from El Paso, TX all the way to him in Florida since no surgeon I […]

What is Radial Keratotomy Correction? Radial Keratotomy (RK) is a surgical procedure developed in the 1970s to correct nearsightedness (myopia) by altering the shape of the cornea. The procedure involves making tiny, radial incisions in the cornea using a diamond blade. These incisions help flatten the cornea, improving the eye’s ability to focus light properly […]

Radial Keratotomy was a surgery performed in the 1980s that was popularized in Russia from an intelligent finding off a car windshield accident that left a young man’s cornea sliced in Radial (think spokes of a wheel) fashion that ended up flattening that cornea and hence correcting that patient’s nearsightedness (myopia). Late Dr. Syatoslav Fyodorov […]