Eye surgery

Eye surgery

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Eye surgery

A refractive surgery procedure for hyperopia and astigmatism that uses a probe to apply high frequency radio waves into the corneal tissue, causing shrinkage. This controlled shrinkage will reshape ...

Saline solution

Eyewear; Optometry

A sterile salt solution used in cleaning, rinsing, and sometimes storing of contact lenses.

Medical doctorate (MD)

Eyewear; Optometry

A certificate affirming that the holder has achieved the training required to be a medical doctor through a school of medicine.

Cone cells

Eyewear; Optometry

One type of specialised light sensitive cells (photoreceptors) in the retina that provides sharp central vision and colour vision. Also, see rods.

Sands of sahara (SOS)

Eyewear; Optometry

Also called diffuse lamellar keratitis. SOS is an inflammation under the Lasik flap of the cornea which is believed to be caused by a response to the presence of sterile infiltrates in the flap ...