Eye surgery

Eye surgery

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Eye surgery

intraoperative

Eyewear; Optometry

Patient care procedures performed during the operation that are ancillary to the actual surgery. May include monitoring, fluid therapy, medication, transfusion, anesthesia, radiography, and/or ...

basement membrane

Eyewear; Optometry

A membrane of tissue beneath the epithelium that helps adhere the epithelium to the Bowman's layer or stromal tissue.

presbyopia

Eyewear; Optometry

Part of the normal process of aging. As a person becomes older, we begin to lose the flexibility of the natural crystalline lens of the eye and weakness of the ciliary muscle. Presbyopia actually ...

intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS)

Eyewear; Optometry

Also know Intacs, small semicircular rings of plastic that are implanted in the mid-periphery of the cornea to correct myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted vision) and/or keratoconus.

best corrected visual acuity (BCVA)

Eyewear; Optometry

This is a measure of best acuity while wearing corrective lenses like glasses or contact lenses.

presbyopic lens exchange (PRELEX)

Eyewear; Optometry

The term Presbyopic Lens Exchange (PRELEX) was created to describe a Refractive Lens Exchange with an intraocular lens designed to accommodate presbyopia.

Corrective lenses that have two powers of correction. Typically the majority of the lens is corrected for distance vision while a small are is corrected for near vision. Bifocals and trifocals are ...