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Refractive surgery — Refractive eye surgery is any eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses. This can include various methods of surgical remodeling of the cornea or cataract surgery … Wikipedia
refractive surgery — any surgical procedure that has as its primary objective the correction of any refractive error. It includes such procedures as clear lens extraction, LASIK, LASEK, and photorefractive keratectomy … The new mediacal dictionary
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance — The Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance (CRSQA, USA Eyes ) is an independent, nonprofit, patient/consumer health organization that provides detailed information about LASIK and certifies refractive surgery doctors based upon patient… … Wikipedia
Refractive error — Refraction error Classification and external resources ICD 10 H52.0 H52.4 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
refractive error — an abnormality of the eye resulting in a blurred image on the retina as a result of abnormal focusing, which can be corrected by glasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery. Refractive errors include myopia, hypermetropia, and astigmatism … Medical dictionary
refractive error — an abnormality of the eye resulting in a blurred image on the retina as a result of abnormal focusing, which can be corrected by glasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery. Refractive errors include myopia, hypermetropia, and astigmatism … The new mediacal dictionary
refractive keratoplasty — keratoplasty in which a section of cornea is removed from the patient or a donor, shaped to the desired curvature, and inserted either between layers (keratophakia) or on the cornea (keratomileusis), changing its curvature and correcting optical… … Medical dictionary
Surgery — The word surgery has multiple meanings. It is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions which require or are amenable to operative procedures. Surgery is the work done by a surgeon. By analogy, the work of an editor wielding… … Medical dictionary
Eye surgery — Intervention Eye surgery in the Middle Ages. ICD 10 PCS 08 ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
Cataract surgery — Intervention Cataract in Human Eye Magnified view seen on examination with a slit lamp ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
