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PRK photorefractive keratectomy.
Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)
A procedure that uses an excimer laser to make modifications to the cornea and permanently correct myopia.
Mentioned in: Myopia, Radial Keratotomy

PRK,
abbreviation for photorefractive keratectomy.

keratectomy [ker″ah-tek´to-me]
excision of a portion of the cornea; kerectomy.
photorefractive keratectomy a procedure to correct errors of refraction in the eye by using an excimer laser to remove a portion of the anterior part of the cornea, which changes the refraction by creating a new radius of curvature.

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They added: "The importance of the findings in our study relates to using corneas that have undergone LASIK or PRK as donor tissue.
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PRK was the first type of laser vision correction, invented in the early 1980s.
 
 
 
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