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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    "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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