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Specialty. ophthalmology. [ edit on Wikidata] Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis ( OOKP ), also known as "tooth in eye" surgery, [1] is a medical procedure to restore vision in the most severe cases of corneal and ocular surface patients. It includes removal of a tooth from the patient or a donor.
Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty ( DMEK) is a method of corneal transplantation. The DMEK technique involves the removal of a very thin sheet of tissue from the posterior (innermost) side of a person's cornea, replacing it with the two posterior (innermost) layers of corneal tissue from a donor's eyeball.
Many surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy , "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach .
Eye surgery. Eye surgery, also known as ophthalmic surgery or ocular surgery, is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa. [1] Eye surgery is part of ophthalmology and is performed by an ophthalmologist or eye surgeon. The eye is a fragile organ, and requires due care before, during, and after a surgical procedure to minimize or prevent ...
Keratoprosthesis is a surgical procedure where a diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea. Traditionally, keratoprosthesis is recommended after a person has had a failure of one or more donor corneal transplants. [1] More recently, a less invasive, non-penetrating artificial cornea has been developed which can be used in more ...
Photorefractive keratectomy ( PRK) and laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy (or laser epithelial keratomileusis [1]) ( LASEK) are laser eye surgery procedures intended to correct a person's vision, reducing dependency on glasses or contact lenses. LASEK and PRK permanently change the shape of the anterior central cornea using an excimer ...
Cataract surgery is the most common application of lens removal surgery, and is usually associated with lens replacement. It is used to remove the natural lens of the eye when it has developed a cataract, a cloudy area in the lens that causes visual impairment. [4] [10] Cataracts usually develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. [4]
Corneal reshaping. ICD-9-CM. 11.71. [ edit on Wikidata] Keratomileusis, from Greek κέρας (kéras: horn) and σμίλευσις (smíleusis: carving), [1] or corneal reshaping, is the improvement of the refractive state of the cornea by surgically reshaping it. It is the most common form of refractive surgery. The first usable technique was ...