Eye surgery, also known as ophthalmic surgery or ocular surgery, is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa. Eye surgery is part of ophthalmology and...
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Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy...
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lasers are both efficient at cutting and coagulating. Laser surgery is commonly used on the eye. Techniques used include LASIK, which is used to correct...
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Ophthalmology (redirect from Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery)
ailments, such as eye diseases, implement laser therapy, and perform surgery when needed. Ophthalmologists provide both primary and specialty eye care—medical...
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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...
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LASIK (redirect from Lasik surgery)
laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. LASIK surgery is...
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Blepharoplasty (redirect from Eye lid surgery)
the plastic surgery operation for correcting defects, deformities, and disfigurations of the eyelids; and for aesthetically modifying the eye region of...
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Strabismus surgery (also: extraocular muscle surgery, eye muscle surgery, or eye alignment surgery) is surgery on the extraocular muscles to correct strabismus...
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ischemia during eye surgery to reduce the perception of pain.[citation needed] In 1884, Karl Koller used cocaine for ocular surgery.[citation needed]...
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excised (e.g. endoscopic polyp excision, rubber band ligation, laser eye surgery), are percutaneous (e.g. arthroscopy, catheter ablation, angioplasty...
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small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) is an evolution of extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE); the lens is removed from the eye through a self-sealing...
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viscoelastics, and phacoemulsification. Cataract surgery is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy...
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Ocular dominance (redirect from Dominant eye)
monovision correction in cataract surgery refractive surgery, also laser eye surgery, and contact lens wear. The dominant eye has more neural connections to...
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many glaucoma surgeries, and variations or combinations of those surgeries, that facilitate the escape of excess aqueous humor from the eye to lower intraocular...
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Diamond knife (section Eye surgery)
sharpened as the edge dulls. Diamond knives are used in eye surgery, specifically in refractive surgery. In particular they are the main tool, together with...
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condition, an eye lubricant can help with symptoms. Surgical removal is typically only recommended if the ability to see is affected. Following surgery a pterygium...
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often as necessary coupled with medication. Surgery is the most common means of repairing a cherry eye. Surgery involves gland replacement, not excision...
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Argon fluoride laser (section Eye surgery)
commonly used in the production of semiconductor integrated circuits, eye surgery, micromachining, and scientific research. "Excimer" is short for "excited...
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sub-epithelial keratectomy (or laser epithelial keratomileusis) (LASEK) are laser eye surgery procedures intended to correct a person's vision, reducing dependency...
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Phacoemulsification (category Refractive surgeries)
Phacoemulsification is a cataract surgery method in which the internal lens of the eye which has developed a cataract is emulsified with the tip of an...
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Dead Space 2 (section Eye surgery scene)
brief cutscene, the machine straps Clarke in and subjects him to an eye laser surgery process involving a long and thin needle that is lowered into one...
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cornea) procedure to correct the refractive error in the eye, which has evolved into the LASIK surgery of the 21st century. Refractive error is caused by an...
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Korean beauty standards (redirect from Plastic surgery capital of the world)
common graduation gift. The most common plastic surgery among Koreans is eye surgery and wrinkle removal surgery, whereas Caucasians in Korea tended to get...
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Cataract (category Eye diseases)
trauma or radiation exposure, be present from birth, or occur following eye surgery for other problems. Risk factors include diabetes, longstanding use of...
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personalize laser eye surgery". Orange County Register. 2015-08-01. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24. LASIK Eye Surgery Smith, MD;...
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Enucleation is the removal of the eye that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. This type of ocular surgery is indicated for a number...
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Lasic may refer to: LASIK, laser eye surgery Lasić, Slavic surname Đorđije Lašić, Yugoslav Army officer Lasix, a diuretic medication Lassic, 19th-century...
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Farsightedness (section Surgery)
"Refractive surgery". Theory and practice of optics and refraction (2nd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 307–348. ISBN 978-81-312-1132-8. "Laser Eye Surgery". MedlinePlus...
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Surgery is the branch of medicine that deals with the physical manipulation of a bodily structure to diagnose, prevent, or cure an ailment. Ambroise Paré...
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retina surgeon, and inventor. He is best known for his invention of LASIK eye surgery, a vision correction procedure designed to allow people to see clearly...
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