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VIDEO: PRK offered to those who choose it

ByKarl G. Stonecipher, MD

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Typically, PRK is offered to patients who choose the procedure or whose lifestyle necessitates it as the best choice, and in those with thin or irregular corneas, Karl G. Stonecipher, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2019. He further offers the procedure as an enhancement after cataract surgery in patients with residual myopic astigmatic refractive error.