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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
The excimer laser offers entirely new corneal surgery procedures. In this paper, we describe conditions for one such procedure, photorefractive keratectomy, the direct reshaping of the cornea's central optical zone using tissue ablation with far ultraviolet radiation. We present equations for the required tissue ablation to achieve required refractive corrections. Conditions for beam uniformity are presented and a method of achieving better beam uniformity using beam integration by rotation is demonstrated. The healing of rabbit corneas after area ablation was observed. Five days after treatment, the surface quality of deep cuts was very irregular; the shallow cuts produced more regular results, as predicted by our calculations of beam characteristics.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0886-3350
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
46-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Photorefractive keratectomy: a technique for laser refractive surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
CooperVision, Inc., Laser Division, Santa Clara, California 95051-0793.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article