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Preferred term

Photorefractive Keratectomy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A type of refractive surgery of the CORNEA to correct MYOPIA and ASTIGMATISM. An EXCIMER LASER is used directly on the surface of the EYE to remove some of the CORNEAL EPITHELIUM thus reshaping the anterior curvature of the cornea.

Broader concept

In other languages

  • French

  • Kératectomie photoréfractive avec laser excimère
  • Kératoplastie photoréfractive
  • Photo-ablation excimère de surface
  • Photoablation excimère de surface
  • Photokératectomie réfractive avec laser excimère
  • PKR (Photokératectomie Réfractive)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HWQRNNQF-H

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