Refractive Surgery Acronyms Flashcards
1
Q
CRI
A
corneal relaxing incision
2
Q
CXL
A
corneal (collagen) cross-linking
3
Q
DALK
A
deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
4
Q
DMEK
A
descemets membrane endothelial keratoplasty
5
Q
DSEK
A
descemets stripping endothelial keratoplasty
6
Q
FS
A
femtosecond (laser)
7
Q
LASIK
A
laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis
8
Q
LRI
A
limbal relaxing incision
9
Q
OCT
A
optical coherence tomography
10
Q
PK
A
penetrating keratoplasty
11
Q
PRK
A
photorefractive keratectomy
12
Q
RK
A
radial keratectomy
13
Q
SBK
A
sub-bowmans keratomileusis