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(surgery) Involving modification of the shape of the cornea in order to reduce refractive error.
For example, it has mostly been used in assessing optical quality as well as intraocular scattering changes in different kinds of refractive surgeries, such as after phakic intraocular lens implantation,[8 –9 ] and keratorefractive surgeries, including PRK, LASIK and femto-second laser small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE).
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Keratorefractive means (surgery) Involving modification of the shape of the cornea in order to reduce refractive error.
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For example, it has mostly been used in assessing optical quality as well as intraocular scattering changes in different kinds of refractive surgeries, such as after phakic intraocular lens implantation,[8 –9 ] and keratorefractive surgeries, including PRK, LASIK and femto-second laser small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE).
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