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A corneal abrasion is a superficial scratch on the clear, protective "window" at the front of the eye, called the cornea. The cornea can be scratched by ...
Mayo Clinic eye surgeons, also called ophthalmologists, have training in cornea surgery in addition to general ophthalmology. Mayo Clinic doctors perform around ...
The cornea is the clear, domelike covering over the front of the eye. Eventually, the arc may become a complete ring around the iris. The iris is the colored ...
Corneal tomography. Taking a special picture of your cornea helps an eye care professional look for swelling in your cornea. This test is called corneal ...
A clinician teams up with basic scientists to learn how toxic RNA short-circuits corneal cells. The eye's outermost tissue, the cornea, is a bit more ...
A cornea and lens with such curvature bend (refract) all incoming light to make a sharply focused image directly on the retina, at the back of your eye. A ...
Astigmatism occurs when either the front surface of the eye (cornea) or the lens inside the eye has mismatched curves. ... You have corneal astigmatism if your ...
Severe cases of acanthamoeba keratitis may require a cornea transplant. If keratitis doesn't respond to medication, or if it causes permanent damage to the ...
Mayo Clinic doctors specially trained in the management of cornea diseases care for children with keratoconus, including treatment with corneal cross-linking.
... cornea meet. This tissue is called the trabecular meshwork. The cornea is important to vision because it lets light into the eye. When the eye makes too ...
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