refractive surgical procedures

Preferred Label : refractive surgical procedures;

MeSH definition : Surgical procedures employed to correct REFRACTIVE ERRORS such as MYOPIA; HYPEROPIA; or ASTIGMATISM. These may involve altering the curvature of the CORNEA; removal or replacement of the CRYSTALLINE LENS; or modification of the SCLERA to change the axial length of the eye.;

MeSH synonym : surgeries, refractive; surgery, refractive; surgical procedure, refractive; surgical procedures, refractive; procedure, refractive surgical; procedures, refractive surgical; refractive surgical procedure; refractive surgery; refractive surgeries;

MeSH hyponym : keratorefractive surgical procedures; Keratorefractive Surgical Procedure; Procedure, Keratorefractive Surgical; Procedures, Keratorefractive Surgical; Surgical Procedure, Keratorefractive; Surgical Procedures, Keratorefractive;

MeSH annotation : general; prefer specific procedures;

Details

Origin ID

D054140;

UMLS CUI

C1274010;

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)
- Refractive keratoplasty (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Refractive surgery specialty (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Refractive surgery (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- refractive errors [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- keratorefractive surgical procedures [MeSH concept]
- refractive surgical procedures [MeSH concept]
See also
- orthokeratologic procedures [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Refractive surgery (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]

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