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Keratomileusis vs Microkeratome - What's the difference?

keratomileusis | microkeratome |

In surgery|lang=en terms the difference between keratomileusis and microkeratome

is that keratomileusis is (surgery) improvement of the refractive state of the cornea, performed by cutting a thin hinged flap in the front surface of the eye and lifting it to access the cornea while microkeratome is (surgery) a precision instrument with an oscillating blade used to cut the corneal flap in keratomileusis.

As nouns the difference between keratomileusis and microkeratome

is that keratomileusis is (surgery) improvement of the refractive state of the cornea, performed by cutting a thin hinged flap in the front surface of the eye and lifting it to access the cornea while microkeratome is (surgery) a precision instrument with an oscillating blade used to cut the corneal flap in keratomileusis.

keratomileusis

English

Noun

(keratomileuses) (wikipedia keratomileusis)
  • (surgery) Improvement of the refractive state of the cornea, performed by cutting a thin hinged flap in the front surface of the eye and lifting it to access the cornea.
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    microkeratome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (surgery) A precision instrument with an oscillating blade used to cut the corneal flap in keratomileusis.