The cornea comprises of five transparent layers: Epithelium, Bowman's layer, Stroma, Descemet's membrane and Endothelium. The corneal...

The dominant eye is the eye which is used to see distant objects. Eye dominance may be tested, which is useful for monovision correction...

A corneal flap is created by either a microkeratome (LASIK) or a femtosecond laser (FemtoLASIK). In both LASIK and FemtoLASIK...

Corneal curvature refers to the curvature of the front of the cornea. Appropriate corneal curvature focuses light properly onto the...

Hyperopia is a vision problem in which close-up objects may appear to be blurry while distant objects may be clearer. Hyperopia is...

In ReLEx SMILE procedures, the cornea is separated into layers via the femtosecond laser. The inner layer (lenticule) is a lens-like...

Monovision is a condition in which each eye is able to focus on objects of different distances. With monovision, each eye aids one...

Diopters are a unit of measurement of a lens's refractive power. In ophthalmology, diopters refer to the refractive power of a lens...