keratectomy in English
noun
1
surgical removal of a section or layer of the cornea, usually performed using a laser to correct myopia.
The report provides information on the safety and effectiveness of four types of refractive eye surgery: radial keratotomy, photorefractive keratectomy , laser in situ keratomileusis and intraocular lenses.
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1. Performing the laser ablation in the deeper corneal stroma provides for more rapid visual recovery and less pain than the earlier technique, photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
2. The intensity of corneal Backscatters measured by corneal densitometry has been applied for evaluating various diseased conditions such as postoperative corneal haze after photorefractive keratectomy [18, 23], corneal opacity in bacterial keratitis, and corneal clouding in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis [24].