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Photorefractive Keratectomy

"Photorefractive Keratectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A type of refractive surgery of the CORNEA to correct MYOPIA and ASTIGMATISM. An EXCIMER LASER is used directly on the surface of the EYE to remove some of the CORNEAL EPITHELIUM thus reshaping the anterior curvature of the cornea.


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Bar chart showing 4 publications over 4 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1996 and 2000 and 2014 and 2017
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