eye surgery

Noun
  1. Any surgical procedure involving the eyes (synset 100675106)
    is a type of: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
    subtypes:
    • cataract surgery - eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant
    • cyclodestructive surgery - an eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser
    • filtration surgery - eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues; a treatment for glaucoma
    • iridectomy - an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye
    • iridotomy - a surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma
    • keratotomy - surgical incision into the cornea
    • e-lasik, lasek, laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis - a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea
    • laser trabecular surgery - eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor
    • laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, lasik - a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea
    • vitrectomy - a surgical procedure that removes the vitreous humor and replace it with saline solution
    same as: eye operation

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