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Automated Lamellar Therapeutic Keratectomy (ALTK)
  
  
IN BRIEF

A method for performing lamellar keratoplasty (partial thickness corneal transplant) utilising a microkeratome on both the host and the donor cornea.
 
DISCUSSION

ALTK can be performed using a mechanical microkeratome or a femtosecond laser.
 
Illustrations

 
 
RELATED ENTRIES

lamellar keratoplasty

transplant

microkeratome

femtosecond laser
 
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