keratectomy

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keratectomy

[‚ker·ə′tek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical removal of a portion of the cornea.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Even without statistical significance, 12 hours following keratectomies, rabbits treated with nalbuphine showed higher CTT scores, in comparison with controls.
Topical 1% nalbuphine on corneal sensivity and epitheilization after experimental lamellar keratectomy in rabbits/Nalbufina 1% topica sobre a sensibilidade e a epitelizacao corneal apos ceratectomia lamelar experimental
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