Refractive Surgical Procedures
"Refractive Surgical Procedures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Surgical procedures employed to correct REFRACTIVE ERRORS such as MYOPIA; HYPEROPIA; or ASTIGMATISM. These may involve altering the curvature of the CORNEA; removal or replacement of the CRYSTALLINE LENS; or modification of the SCLERA to change the axial length of the eye.
| Descriptor ID |
D054140
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.540.825
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| Concept/Terms |
Refractive Surgical Procedures- Refractive Surgical Procedures
- Procedure, Refractive Surgical
- Procedures, Refractive Surgical
- Refractive Surgical Procedure
- Surgical Procedure, Refractive
- Surgical Procedures, Refractive
- Refractive Surgery
- Refractive Surgeries
- Surgeries, Refractive
- Surgery, Refractive
Keratorefractive Surgical Procedures- Keratorefractive Surgical Procedures
- Keratorefractive Surgical Procedure
- Procedure, Keratorefractive Surgical
- Procedures, Keratorefractive Surgical
- Surgical Procedure, Keratorefractive
- Surgical Procedures, Keratorefractive
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Refractive Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Solomon R, Donnenfeld ED, Perry HD, Rubinfeld RS, Ehrenhaus M, Wittpenn JR, Solomon KD, Manche EE, Moshirfar M, Matzkin DC, Mozayeni RM, Maloney RK. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infectious keratitis following refractive surgery. Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Apr; 143(4):629-34.
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de Castro LE, Sandoval HP, Bartholomew LR, Vroman DT, Solomon KD. High-order aberrations and preoperative associated factors. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2007 Feb; 85(1):106-10.
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Sandoval HP, de Castro LE, Vroman DT, Solomon KD. Refractive Surgery Survey 2004. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005 Jan; 31(1):221-33.
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Solomon KD, Fernández de Castro LE, Sandoval HP, Bartholomew LR, Vroman DT. Refractive surgery survey 2003. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004 Jul; 30(7):1556-69.
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Holzer MP, Vargas LG, Sandoval HP, Vroman DT, Kasper TJ, Brown SJ, Apple DJ, Solomon KD. Corneal flap complications in refractive surgery: Part 1: development of an experimental animal model. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2003 Apr; 29(4):795-802.
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Holzer MP, Sandoval HP, Vargas LG, Kasper TJ, Vroman DT, Apple DJ, Solomon KD. Corneal flap complications in refractive surgery: Part 2: postoperative treatments of diffuse lamellar keratitis in an experimental animal model. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2003 Apr; 29(4):803-7.
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Solomon KD, Holzer MP, Sandoval HP, Vargas LG, Werner L, Vroman DT, Kasper TJ, Apple DJ. Refractive Surgery Survey 2001. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2002 Feb; 28(2):346-55.