Eye surgery

Eye surgery

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ciliary processes

Eyewear; Optometry

The extensions or projections of the ciliary body that secrete aqueous humor.

retina

Eyewear; Optometry

The light sensitive layer of cells (rods and cones) on the inner back surface of the eye that converts light images into nervous impulses sent along the optic nerve for transmission to the brain.

An intraocular lens being developed by Calhoun Vision that can adjust its refractive power by the introduction of high frequency light waves into the eye. In theory, if a patient's refractive error ...

clear lens exchange (CLE)

Eyewear; Optometry

Clear lens exchange, also known as refractive lens exchange (RLE), is essentially cataract surgery without the cataract. The crystalline lens is removed from the eye and replaced with a clear plastic ...

retinal axons

Eyewear; Optometry

The nerve fiber extensions of the retinal photoreceptors that form the nerve bundle called the optic nerve.

limbus

Eyewear; Optometry

The visible borderline between the clear cornea and the white sclera of the eye. The conjunctival layer that covers the globe also joins at the limbus.

clear lens replacement (CLR)

Eyewear; Optometry

Clear lens replacement (CLR), also known as refractive lens exchange (RLE), is essentially cataract surgery without the cataract. The crystalline lens is removed from the eye and replaced with a ...