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KERATOTOMY [4 records]

Record 1 2013-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
CONT

Expulsion du noyau cristallinien par pression contre-pression. Elle nécessite une kératotomie suffisante (100 à 110 degrés apparaissent un minimum).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía del ojo
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Record 2 2012-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
DEF

A surgical procedure involving 8 to 16 radial cuts in the cornea to flatten the corneal radius and decrease the effective power of the cornea and thus correct myopia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
OBS

Incisions radiaires cornéennes antérieures, non perforantes, régulièrement réparties, respectant une zone optique centrale et rejoignant le limbe en périphérie [...] qui ont pour effet d'aplatir la zone centrale optique, ce qui réduit sa puissance réfractive, et d'augmenter la courbure cornéenne périphérique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía del ojo
DEF

[...] operación [quirúrgica] que consiste en hacer, en forma radiada, unos cortes profundos en la córnea, [para] corregir miopías y astigmatismos.

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Record 3 1993-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
  • Eye Surgery
OBS

The corneoscleral buttons were obtained following the patient's death 17 months after the second procedure and were examined by light, transmission, and scanning electron microscopy.(abstract)(Radial keratotomy. Clinicopathologic case report-Arch. Ophthalmol. ;May, 1985; 103(5) ;pp. 683-8).

OBS

corneal "button": Disc of cornea, usually 5 to 10 mm in diameter, removed from donor and recipient eyes during corneal transplant surgery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
  • Chirurgie de l'œil

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
  • Visual Disorders
OBS

Source: National Eye Institute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
  • Troubles de la vision

Spanish

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