"keratectasia" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1999 April, Harry S Geggel, Audrey R Talley, “Delayed onset keratectasia following laser in situ keratomileusis”, in Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, volume 25, number 4",
          "text": "We present a case of unilateral iatrogenic keratectasia developing 10 months after bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) involving enhancement surgery using a broad-beam excimer laser (Summit Apex) to treat 6.6 diopters (D) of myopia.",
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          "ref": "2006, Samir A. Melki, Dimitri T. Azar, 101 Pearls in Refractive, Cataract, and Corneal Surgery, page 66",
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          "ref": "2006, Agarwals, Dr Agarwals' Textbook on Corneal Topography, page 130",
          "text": "Increased negative keratometric diopters and oblate asphericity of the PCC are common after LASIK leading to mild keratectasia.",
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          "ref": "2015, H. V. Nema, Nitin Nema, Recent Advances in Ophthalmology-12 - Volume 12, page 88",
          "text": "The minimum thickness of residual stroma to prevent ectasia should be 250 mm. However, some unknown factors can still be responsible for iatrogenic keratectasias.",
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        "An abnormal bulging of the cornea due to thinning and scarring."
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        "(medicine) An abnormal bulging of the cornea due to thinning and scarring."
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