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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures > Refractive Surgical Procedures > Keratotomy, Radial

Preferred term

Keratotomy, Radial

Topical Descriptor

Refractive Surgical Procedures

Cornea

Keratotomies, Radial
Radial Keratotomies
Radial Keratotomy

A procedure to surgically correct REFRACTIVE ERRORS by cutting radial slits into the CORNEA to change its refractive properties.

History note

87

säteittäinen sarveiskalvonviiltely

Finnish
keratotomia radialis
radiaalinen keratotomia
radiaalinen sarveiskalvoviilto
Keratotomi, radial

Swedish
Hornhinnesnitt, radialt

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007646

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