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This refers to any lamellar refractive corneal surgical procedure that reshapes a portion of the corneal stroma to correct refractive errors. It is also a method of flattening the cornea to correct high myopia; a disc of cornea is shaved off, quickly frozen, lathe-ground to produce a more flattened optical lenticule, then returned to its original position; no longer used.
