Refractive surgery has developed into a highly specialized field of ophthalmology in recent years. Today, it offers a wide range of surgical methods for the individual correction of refractive errors. Following the introduction of laser-assisted corneal refractive surgery, incisional cornealIncisional corneal surgery procedures such as arcuate keratotomyArcuate keratotomy, peripheral corneal relaxing incisionsPeripheral corneal relaxing incisions and radial keratotomyRadial keratotomy have become less popular due to their limited accuracy and predictability. Although the latter procedure is only of historical relevance, the other two options are used in selected cases.