| photorefractive keratectomy |
(PRK) is a non-invasive procedure that permanently corrects certain errors in vision. PRK is accomplished with an eximer laser, a special kind of laser that uses computer-controlled pulses of cool light to remove a layer of tissue less than one micron thick from the other surface of the cornea. (A human hair is about _ microns thick) In PRK no scalpels are used. ...
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| photorefractive keratectomy |
Surgical procedure using the excimer laser to reshape the front surface of the eye, the cornea, to correct refractive errors. In this procedure, the laser pulses are applied directly through the surface of the cornea.
출처: www.goodeyes.com/Glossary.html
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| photorefractive keratectomy |
A surgical technique employing an excimer laser to reshape the surface of the cornea and thereby reducing nearsightedness. The laser is controlled by a computer which determines for each patient treated the location, number of pulses, and surface area to be impacted by the laser light beam, based on that individual patient's vision and correction needs.
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| photorefractive keratectomy |
Medical procedure in which, by means of a laser, the outer layer of the cornea, called the epithelium, is scraped away in order to reshape the eye to refract light properly.
출처: www.lasik-eye-surgery.info/explanation-of-terms.ht...
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| photorefractive keratectomy |
A procedure involving the removal of the epithelium by gentle scraping away of the corneal epithelium and use of a computer-controlled excimer laser to reshape the stroma.
출처: www.aoa.org/x1829.xml
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