corneal surgery, laser

Preferred Label : corneal surgery, laser;

MeSH definition : Surgical techniques on the CORNEA employing LASERS, especially for reshaping the CORNEA to correct REFRACTIVE ERRORS.;

MeSH synonym : laser corneal surgeries; laser corneal surgery; corneal surgeries, laser; surgeries, laser corneal; surgery, laser corneal;

MeSH hyponym : keratectomy, laser; Keratectomies, Laser; Laser Keratectomies; Laser Keratectomy; Photokeratectomy; Photokeratectomies;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with specific LASER when discussed;

Details

Origin ID

D048988;

UMLS CUI

C1956428;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Photorefractive keratectomy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Refractive keratoplasty by laser surgery (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Wavefront-guided photorefractive keratectomy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- laser eye surgery [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- corneal surgery, laser [MeSH concept]
- keratectomy, laser [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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