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Preferred term

Refractive Surgical Procedures  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Surgical procedures employed to correct REFRACTIVE ERRORS such as MYOPIA; HYPEROPIA; or ASTIGMATISM. These may involve altering the curvature of the CORNEA; removal or replacement of the CRYSTALLINE LENS; or modification of the SCLERA to change the axial length of the eye.

Entry terms

  • Refractive Surgery

In other languages

  • French

  • Chirurgie réfractive
  • Corrections chirurgicales de troubles réfractifs
  • Interventions de chirurgie réfractive
  • Procédures chirurgicales réfractives

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CR5K89VF-B

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