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Glossary

20/20 vision: normal vision acuity

AAAHC: Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. An
organization that promotes patient safety and quality health care.

Ablate: To remove, or vaporize, tissue, using laser energy.

Ablation zone: The area of tissue removed by the laser.
Also called the treatment zone.

Accommodation: The ability of the eye's lens to fine-tune focus by
flexing-becoming more or less convex-as needed. Accommodation
can compensate for minor focusing problems in younger people
whose lens and surrounding muscles are still limber and pliable.

All laser Lasik: This term has been used to describe both the
Femtosecond laser assisted Lasik.

Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC): An outpatient operating room
where Prelex can be performed. No admission is required.
Independent of hospitals.

Anterior ciliary sclerotomy (ACS): A surgical procedure intended to
relieve presbyopia. Several small incisions are made in the sclera
directly over the muscle that controls the lens. The results of the
procedure are poor, and very few doctors perform it.

Antibiotic drops: Eye drops containing medicine that prevents
infection by killing or inhibiting harmful bacteria.

Anti-inflammatory drops: Eye drops containing medicine that
counteracts inflammation, usually a steroid or a nonsteroidal medicine
similar to ibuprofen.

Artificial tears: Sterile eye drops used to lubricate the eyes the same
way natural tears do.

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