Pre-refractive surgery measurements, including refraction, keratometry, wavefront, pachymetry, axial length and other parameters, are not altered by religious fasting, according to a study performed at the University of Kayseri, Turkey.
“There is no need to postpone surgery for candidates who fast during the month of Ramadan,” Soner Guven, MD, said at the virtual European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting.
Approximately a quarter of the world population intentionally does not eat or drink between dawn and sunset during the month of Ramadan. The time of
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