Radial Keratotomy 1 - Part 1

First of two radial keratotomy operations performed on my right eye to correct near-sightedness. (This video is the first 8 minutes of that 16-minute procedure.) At the 5:43 mark, you can see where the surgeon accidentally punctured my cornea. This little "microperforation" caused him a lot of difficulty with the remaining incisions because of the loss of intraocular pressure (that is, my eyeball got squishy). Consequently, he ended up completing only 14 of the 16 cuts. I now have an astigmatism, which I suspect might be related to this surgical glitch. I had a total of four RK surgeries: two per eye. I was only allowed to get video for the first two procedures (right eye only).

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• radial
• keratotomy
• cornea
• aqueous
• humor
• eye
• surgery
• vision
• correction
• myopia
• intraocular
• pressure
• ophthalmologist

[Mannschaft99]

Does it hurt the patient when you do it ;\ ?

[pbroenen]

@Mannschaft99 Yes, I definitely felt pain! They gave me a topical anaesthetic to dull the pain of the incisions. But when the knife blade reached the white of my eye, I could feel a burning pain. The other kind of pain that I felt was from the doctor pushing down on my eyeball with that device. He was pressing very hard! Not fun. I endured four of these procedures (2 per eye).

[SteveBKNY]

how hold is this video dude? 1990? lol

[VikingsOnCall]

son of a fuckin bitch, puncture my cornea id bitch slap him, thats not wat im payin your ass to do.