Epikeratophakia: clinical results and experimental development.

The clinical course and visual, refractive, and keratometric results of a consecutive series of epikeratophakia procedures carried out by the author are presented. Indications for the procedure included keratoconus and adult and paediatric aphakia. Follow up time ranged from two to fourteen months. The first five patients operated on received commercially obtained cryolathed lenticules. The final three cases received lenticules which were lathed by the author at room temperature using a recently developed technique.