19 Terms
Contributors in Eye surgery
Eye surgery
Depth perception
Eyewear; Optometry
The ability of the vision system to perceive the relative positions of objects in the visual field. This ability to determine the distance of an object is provided by the two eyes receiving slightly ...
Undercorrection
Eyewear; Optometry
A complication of refractive surgery where the expected amount of correction is less than desired. Undercorrection often occurs where healing regresses more vigorously than predicted.
Uvea, uveal tract
Eyewear; Optometry
The middle coat of the eyeball, consisting of the choroid in the back of the eye and the ciliary body and iris in the front of the eye. V
Diabetes mellitus
Eyewear; Optometry
A chronic metabolic disorder characterised by a lack of insulin secretion and/or increased cellular resistance to insulin, resulting in elevated blood levels of simple sugars (glucose) and including ...
Variable spot
Eyewear; Optometry
This is a method of applying excimer laser energy. Rather than applying all excimer energy in a broadbeam across the entire ablation area, or with a very small flying spot of excimer energy applied ...
Diabetic retinopathy
Eyewear; Optometry
Diabetic retinopathy damages the tiny blood vessels that supply the retina. In the early stages of this disease-called non-proliferative or "background" retinopathy, the retinal vessels weaken and ...
