18 Terms
Contributors in Eye surgery
Eye surgery
Comanagement
Eyewear; Optometry
When two or more medical providers provide care to a patient. In refractive surgery it is common for an optometrist to provide preoperative testing and postoperative care with an ophthalmologist ...
Rigid gas permeable contact lens (RGP)
Eyewear; Optometry
A hard contact lens that allows significant amount of air to pass through. This type of lens often provides superior refractive correction to a soft contact lens.
Complete ophthalmic analysis system (COAS)
Eyewear; Optometry
An integration of WaveFront Sciences’ wavefront technology with Asclepion excimer laser system. The manufacturers say COAS will enable improved visual acuity in persons with vision defects
Rods, rod cells
Eyewear; Optometry
One type of specialised light sensitive cells (photoreceptors) in the retina that provide side vision and the ability to see objects in dim light (night vision). Also, see cones.
Manifest refraction
Eyewear; Optometry
An examination of the eye to determine refractive error while the natural crystalline lens is able to accommodate.
Complex wavefront retreatment (CWR)
Eyewear; Optometry
A secondary surgery using wavefront-guided ablation in an attempt to reduce higher order aberrations induced by previous surgery. Complex Wavefront Retreatment is an off-label use of the excimer ...
Root mean square (RMS)
Eyewear; Optometry
Actually means the root of the mean of the squares and is an evaluative measurement of a wavefront diagnostic. It describes the smoothness of the surface in terms of deviation from the ideal ...
