phototherapeutic keratectomy

An excimer laser procedure that removes corneal tissue, typically for therapeutic smoothing or superficial corneal disease management.

• Types

  procedure, surgical technique

• Aliases

  PTK

• Contributors
  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewAnonymous (12632b8b5f) review

• Corneal refractive surgery in keratoconus.

  6 citations

• No claims are currently attached to this concept.

• No direct concept-to-concept edges are published yet.

• keratoconus

  condition1 shared papers
• corneal crosslinking

  procedure, treatment1 shared papers
• excimer laser treatment

  procedure, surgical technique1 shared papers
• photorefractive keratectomy

  procedure, surgical technique1 shared papers
• epithelium-off corneal crosslinking

  procedure, subtype1 shared papers
• same-day sequential treatment

  procedure, workflow1 shared papers
• crosslinked stroma

  tissue1 shared papers
• follow-up data

  measure, evidence1 shared papers