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Microkeratome

Precision surgical instrument used instead of a laser in eye surgery

A microkeratome is a precision surgical instrument with an oscillating blade designed for creating the corneal flap in LASIK or ALK surgery. The normal

Microkeratome

LASIK

Corrective ophthalmological surgery

is performed by an ophthalmologist who uses a femtosecond laser or a microkeratome to create a corneal flap to expose the corneal stroma and then an excimer

LASIK

Colombia

Country in South America

those who suffer from heart failure. Also invented in Colombia were the microkeratome and keratomileusis technique, which form the fundamental basis of what

Colombia

Automated lamellar keratoplasty

Non-laser lamellar refractive procedure

as predictable as with other procedures. ALK uses a device called a microkeratome to separate a thin layer of the cornea and create a flap.The eye is

Automated lamellar keratoplasty

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Refractive surgery

Surgery to treat common vision disorders

microkeratome, and then the flap is replaced.[citation needed] Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK): The surgeon uses either a microkeratome

Refractive surgery

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Keratomileusis

Surgical reshaping of the cornea

cornea is changed by using an excimer laser or other surgical device. A microkeratome is usually used to cut the flap, but a femtosecond laser can also be

Keratomileusis

Ophthalmology

Field of medicine treating eye disorders

techniques, including keratomileusis and keratophakia, as well as the first microkeratome and corneal microlathe. Tadeusz Krwawicz (1910–1988) (Poland), in 1961

Ophthalmology

Johnson & Johnson Vision

Ophthalmology division of Johnson & Johnson

vision correction systems, phacoemulsification systems, viscoelastic, Microkeratomes and related products used in cataract and refractive surgery. Johnson

Johnson & Johnson Vision

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Jose Barraquer

Spanish ophthalmologist and inventor (1916–1998)

and made several precision surgical instruments by hand including the microkeratome, pneumatic fixation rings, applanation tonometers, and applanation lenses

Jose Barraquer

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Epi-LASIK

Refractive surgery technique

It is also relatively less painful than LASEK. A device similar to a microkeratome (called epi-keratome) slides over the surface of the cornea, just underneath

Epi-LASIK

Mark Cohen (surgeon)

Canadian laser eye surgeon

clinical assessor for Bausch and Lomb for the zero compression Hansatome microkeratome, designed to allow for safer and thinner corneal flaps for LASIK surgery

Mark Cohen (surgeon)

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Keratoprosthesis

Surgical procedure where a diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial one

pocket is created with a femtosecond laser or a corneal pocket making microkeratome. The posterior cornea is left intact.[citation needed] Typically, there

Keratoprosthesis

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Method of corneal transplantation

(DMAEK), which involves automated donor tissue preparation using a microkeratome or femtosecond laser. Corneal transplantation#Endothelial keratoplasty

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

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Mode locking

Way to produce very short laser bursts

of bubbles can be used to create a cut in the cornea, replacing the microkeratome, such as for the creation of a flap in LASIK surgery (this is sometimes

Mode locking

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List of people from Catalonia

refractive surgery and son of Ignacio Barraquer; invented the cryolathe and microkeratome and developed many surgical procedures Ramon Margalef (1919–2004), pioneer

List of people from Catalonia

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Tibor Juhasz

American-Hungarian physicist

LASIK. At the time, corneal flaps had to be created surgically with a microkeratome knife, a process that was both painful for the patient and had an extended

Tibor Juhasz

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List of Spaniards

ophthalmologist, father of modern refractive surgery; invented the microkeratome and the cryolathe, developed the surgical procedures of keratomileusis

List of Spaniards

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List of Spanish inventors and discoverers

ophthalmologist, father of modern refractive surgery, he invented the microkeratome and the cryolathe, developed the surgical procedures of keratomileusis

List of Spanish inventors and discoverers

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Stephen Updegraff

Magazine, September 3, 1998. Updegraff, Stephen A. (2003) "The Moria M2 Microkeratome and LASIK Technique." Brint, Stephen, and Lucio Buratto. Custom LASIK:

Stephen Updegraff

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D. Jackson Coleman

American ophthalmologist

S; Silverman, R. H; Archer, T. J; Coleman, D. J (2006). "Evaluating microkeratome efficacy by 3D corneal lamellar flap thickness accuracy and reproducibility

D. Jackson Coleman

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