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  2. Photorefractive keratectomy - Wikipedia

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    The test maps a patient's cornea for raised areas and surface inconsistencies. LASEK and PRK are two different procedures. While both procedures interact with the epithelium atop the cornea, the PRK procedure removes this entirely, while LASEK brushes the material away for the procedure, before being placed back for healing after laser surgery ...

  3. Phototherapeutic keratectomy - Wikipedia

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    Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) is a type of eye surgery that uses a laser to treat various ocular disorders by removing tissue from the cornea. PTK allows the removal of superficial corneal opacities and surface irregularities. It is similar to photorefractive keratectomy, which is used for the treatment of refractive conditions.

  4. Radial keratotomy - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, 76% of eyes had uncorrected vision of 20/40 or better at 3 years. [5] From 2 to 10 years post-operatively 43% of eyes had an increase in farsightedness by 1.00D or more. Despite this, 70% of patients reported not requiring corrective lenses for distance vision 10 years after surgery. [6]

  5. Eye surgery - Wikipedia

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    Laser eye surgery or laser corneal surgery is a medical procedure that uses a laser to reshape the surface of the eye to correct myopia (short-sightedness), hypermetropia (long-sightedness), and astigmatism (uneven curvature of the eye's surface). Importantly, refractive surgery is not compatible with everyone, and people may find on occasion ...

  6. Refractive surgery - Wikipedia

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    Refractive surgery is an optional 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 (keratomileusis), lens implantation or lens replacement.

  7. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Count fingers vision – state distance c/o or c.o. ... Photorefractive keratectomy PRP Pan-retinal photocoagulation ... Superficial punctate keratitis

  8. Recurrent corneal erosion - Wikipedia

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    Where episodes frequently occur, or there is an underlying disorder, one medical, [6] or three types of surgical curative procedures may be attempted: [7] use of therapeutic contact lens, controlled puncturing of the surface layer of the eye (Anterior Stromal Puncture) and laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK).

  9. Vernal keratoconjunctivitis - Wikipedia

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    Large vernal plaque requires surgical excision. Ulcerative vernal keratitis require surgical treatment in the form of debridement, superficial keratectomy, excimer laser therapeutic keratectomy, as well as amniotic membrane transplantation to enhance re-epithelialisation.