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enhancement - Extra laser treatments made to refine or improve the original visual result. See glossary entry "regression" for discussion of normal, slow, and vigorous healing. It is important to appreciate that although refractive predictability is excellent at lower planned corrections, that predicability is reduced at higher corrections. Higher corrections and wider optical zones require deeper sculpting and consequently undercorrection and overcorrection are more common. Enhancement treatment by contrast is usually a small correction and usually has a highly accurate outcome.

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Wavefront Supported Corneal Ablation - The trade name for the Carl Zeiss Meditec WASCA aberrometer and the MEL 70 or MEL 80 excimer laser system when it’s used for wavefront guided excimer laser ablation for Lasik, Epi-Lasik, LASEK, PRK, and IntraLasik.

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: Buttonhole Flap - A LASIK problem where the microkeratome cuts through the top surface of the cornea while creating the corneal flap, while lifting it, or while folding it back. It can be caused by loss of the suction which holds the microkeratome against the cornea, or inadequate suction, or by poor matching of microkeratome to patient. If possible, the flap is replaced, and no further surgery is attempted for several months, after it has healed. Sometimes it can cause scarring which impairs vision, but usually there are no permanent ill effects.

Cataract - An opaque or cloudy area that forms in the eye’s lens, impeding vision. They tend to occur with aging, but can also be caused by trauma. Cataracts are treated by the lens being removed and an artificial lens implanted. See intraocular lens.
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