Dr William Boothe Surgeon

Vitreous Fluid - The jelly-like fluid that fills the main part of the eye, between the lens and the retina. It’s clear so as to give light rays an unobstructed path to the retina, and to keep that clarity, it contains phagocytes, cells which ingest and destroy foreign matter.

Vitreous Humor - The transparent gel that fills the space inside the eye behind the lens and in front of the retina.

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excimer laser - Laser energy produced by several rare gas- halide mixtures. The term excimer comes from the concept of an energized molecule with two identical components or excited dimer (contracted to one word exci-mer). In PRK the term has for practical purposes become synonomous with the argon-fluoride (ArF) gas version. The wave length of an ArF excimer laser is in the far ultraviolet range at 193 nm.
far sighted - A refractive abnormality of the eye requiring a plus (positive or convex) lens for correction. The term originated because people who are far or distance sighted can see at a distance more clearly than they can see objects which are closer. The medical term is hyperopia or hypermetropia.

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: Corneal Refractive Therapy - A reshaping of the eye with contact lenses, also called Orthokeratology. These lenses are rigid and worn while you sleep, so they gently persuade the eye to change its shape by the time you wake in the morning. The effect lasts only a day or two, so you need to wear these lenses every night. It was approved by the FDA in June, 2002 and is a non-surgical way of temporarily creating the effect created permanently by LASIK surgery.
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