keratomileusis

surgical technique

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In LASIK
…ophthalmologists combined the technique of keratomileusis, in which the cornea is removed, frozen, reshaped, and replaced, with the technique of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), in which a laser is used to reshape the cornea. In the LASIK procedure a hinged flap is made in the outer corneal tissue (the transparent layer…
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