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Why doesn Conductive Keratoplasty use a laser?

April 26, 2017conductive keratoplasty laser

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Why doesn Conductive Keratoplasty use a laser?

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Lasers reshape the cornea by vaporizing (removing) tissue. Conductive Keratoplasty reshapes the cornea using an entirely different method: the application of low-level, radiofrequency (RF) energy to specific spots around the cornea. This causes the tissue of the cornea (collagen) to shrink in a very controlled way, creating a constrictive “band” that gives the cornea a steeper shape.