refractive keratoplasty

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• refractive keratoplasty — keratoplasty in which a section of cornea is removed from the patient or a donor, shaped to the desired curvature, and inserted either between layers (keratophakia) or on the cornea (keratomileusis), changing its curvature and correcting optical… …   Medical dictionary

• Refractive surgery — Refractive eye surgery is any eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses. This can include various methods of surgical remodeling of the cornea or cataract surgery …   Wikipedia

• keratoplasty — Any surgical modification of the cornea; the removal of a portion of the cornea containing an opacity and the insertion in its place of a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere. SYN: corneal graft, corneal… …   Medical dictionary

• Laser thermal keratoplasty — is a non contact laser refractive surgery.cite journal |author=Ariyasu RG, Sand B, Menefee R, et al |title=Holmium laser thermal keratoplasty of 10 poorly sighted eyes |journal=Journal of refractive surgery (Thorofare, N.J. : 1995) |volume=11… …   Wikipedia

• Automated lamellar keratoplasty — Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty, commonly abbreviated to ALK uses a device called a microkeratome to separate a thin layer of the cornea and create a flap. The flap is then folded back, and the microkeratome removes a thin disc of corneal stroma… …   Wikipedia

• Conductive keratoplasty — (CK) is a type of refractive surgery that uses radio waves to adjust the contour of the cornea by shrinking the corneal collagen around it. It is used to treat mild to moderate hyperopia. It is a non invasive alternative to other types of eye… …   Wikipedia

• Keratotomy — A surgical incision (a cut) made into the cornea. A radial keratotomy is a surgical procedure designed to flatten the cornea, reduce its optical power, and correct nearsightedness (myopia). The procedure is called a radial keratotomy because the… …   Medical dictionary

• thermokeratoplasty — A procedure in which the application of heat shrinks the collagen of the corneal stroma and flattens the cornea in the area of heat application. This tends to make the eye less myopic. See refractive keratoplasty. [thermo + G. keras, horn, +… …   Medical dictionary

• keratorefractive surgery — lamellar refractive surgery refractive keratoplasty …   Medical dictionary

• Surgery — The word surgery has multiple meanings. It is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions which require or are amenable to operative procedures. Surgery is the work done by a surgeon. By analogy, the work of an editor wielding… …   Medical dictionary

• queratoplastia refractiva — Eng. Refractive keratoplasty Queratoplastia que se practica para corregir un defecto de curvatura corneal …   Diccionario de oftalmología