Word: ophthalmologist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...correct these conditions would be to change the curvature of the cornea so the images fall directly on the retina. The pioneer of surgery that accomplishes that optical feat is Ophthalmologist José Barraquer of Bogotá, Colombia, who for the past two decades has been performing a variety of delicate and complex corneal operations that he calls refractive keratoplasty (an operation on the cornea for optical reasons). In one procedure known as keratomileusis (cornea carving), the front of the cornea is sliced off with a high-speed vibrating blade, quickly frozen, and then reshaped on its underside...