Orthokeratology can correct myopia over the central +/- 10 degrees of the visual field but produces only minor changes at field angles larger than 30 degrees . If converting relative peripheral hypermetropia to relative peripheral myopia is a good way of limiting the axial elongation that leads to myopia, orthokeratology is an excellent option for achieving this.

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The performance of both the Humphrey and the Medmont was very good. R(o) and eccentricity values of different topographers cannot be used interchangeably, but the agreement in elevation values was good for these topographers. The number of repeated readings required for maximum precision varies with the topographer used, and they are not interchangeable.

Accelerated orthokeratology seems more successful than conventional orthokeratology at reducing with-the-rule astigmatism. However, it reduces pre-existing astigmatism by an average of only 50 per cent and it does not do so reliably either for magnitude or direction. These results provide two useful patient selection criteria for orthokeratology. They are: assuming 0.50 D to 0.75 D of astigmatism is a satisfactory outcome, orthokeratology can be expected to be successful for pre-fitting astigmatism of up to 1.00 D to 1.50 D; and the greater the pre-existing astigmatism, the less likely orthokeratology is to be successful.