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An upsurge in the pressure inside the eye above the range considered normal, without any detectable changes in vision or damage to the structures of the eye.

A type of refractive surgery in which an excimer laser, programmed with the patient’s exact prescription, is used to polish and reshape the curve of the cornea.

An irregular growth of tissue on the conjuctiva, the clear membrane that covers the white of the eye, and the adjacent cornea,

A kind of astigmatism where the curvature in each meridian is equal through its length.

Surplus LASIK treatment conducted as a follow-up process if the results of the first LASIK procedure are less than satisfactory.

White colord part of human eye.

One of the charts used by eye care professionals to test vision.

A difficulty of refractive surgery where the achieved measure of correction is less than desired.

The distance between the top of one wave and the top of the next wave. The argon fluoride excimer wavelength is 193 nm.

Vision can become cloudy after cataract surgery, which feels like having a cataract. But its not a new cataract, it’s the posterior capsule which gold the lens in place. This is called after cataract and can develop months or years after surgery.