Microkeratome

A microkeratome is a precision surgical instrument with an oscillating blade designed for creating the corneal flap in LASIK or ALK surgery. The normal human cornea varies from around 500 to 600 micrometres in thickness; and in the LASIK procedure, the microkeratome creates a 83 to 200 micrometre thick flap. This piece of equipment is used all around the world to cut the cornea flap.

This article related to medical equipment is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Ophthalmology Surgical instruments Medical equipment stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную? Pseudobranch Daniel Mayer Look at other dictionaries: Microkeratome — Microkératome Un microkératome est un outil chirurgical utilisé notamment en chirurgie réfractive de l œil. Dans le cadre d une intervention lasik, son utilisation permet au laser Excimer la découpe d une fine lamelle, appelée capot, dans l… …   Wikipédia en Français microkeratome — /mī krō kerˈə tōm/ noun A tool used in eye surgery to make incisions of a predetermined depth in the cornea ORIGIN: ↑micro (1c) and Gr keras, atos horn, and tomē a cutting …   Useful english dictionary Microkératome — Un microkératome est un outil chirurgical utilisé notamment en chirurgie réfractive de l œil. Dans le cadre d une intervention lasik, son utilisation permet au laser Excimer la découpe d une fine lamelle, appelée capot, dans l épaisseur de la… …   Wikipédia en Français microkeratome — noun A precision instrument with an oscillating blade used to cut the corneal flap in keratomileusis …   Wiktionary microkeratome — mi·cro·ker·a·tome ker ə .tōm n a small keratome used for fine surgical procedures on the cornea * * * mi·cro·ker·a·tome (mi″kro kerґə tōm) an instrument for removing a thin slice, or creating a thin hinged flap, on the surface of… …   Medical dictionary LASIK — or Lasik ( laser assisted in situ keratomileusis ) is a type of refractive laser eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. [ [http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSS/9339/32123.html LASIK. ]… …   Wikipedia IntraLASIK — is a form of refractive eye surgery similar to LASIK that creates a corneal flap with a femtosecond laser microkeratome rather than with a mechanical microkeratome, which uses a steel blade. The only difference between LASIK and IntraLASIK (also… …   Wikipedia Automated lamellar keratoplasty — Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty, commonly abbreviated to ALK uses a device called a microkeratome to separate a thin layer of the cornea and create a flap. The flap is then folded back, and the microkeratome removes a thin disc of corneal stroma… …   Wikipedia Photorefractive keratectomy — (PRK) and Laser Assisted Sub Epithelial Keratectomy (or Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis [ [http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID o=11193 Laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) ] Accessed June 30 2008.] ) (LASEK) are laser eye… …   Wikipedia Refractive surgery — Refractive eye surgery is any eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease or eliminate dependency on glasses or contact lenses. This can include various methods of surgical remodeling of the cornea or cataract surgery …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”