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Across
  1. 3. Surface ablation technique performed without epithelial debridement
  2. 5. Gene mutations involved in lattice and granular dystrophies
  3. 7. UV-riboflavin therapy used to strengthen corneal collagen and halt ectasia
  4. 11. Spanish ophthalmologist regarded as the father of modern refractive surgery; introduced keratomileusis
  5. 12. Three-dimensional imaging technique assessing both anterior and posterior corneal surfaces
  6. 13. Scheimpflug-based anterior segment analyzer producing corneal elevation maps
  7. 17. Technique measuring higher-order optical distortions beyond refraction
  8. 19. Innermost corneal cell layer responsible for maintaining stromal dehydration
  9. 20. Implant inserted within the cornea to improve presbyopic near vision
Down
  1. 1. Type of ultrashort laser pulse used in LASIK and lenticule extraction
  2. 2. Parameter from Ocular Response Analyzer representing corneal viscoelasticity
  3. 4. Partial-thickness corneal graft preserving Descemet’s membrane
  4. 6. Intrastromal ring segments used to flatten corneal curvature in keratoconus
  5. 7. Spanish-born pioneer who developed fine microsurgical instruments used in keratoplasty
  6. 8. Progressive ectatic corneal disorder characterized by cone-shaped protrusion
  7. 9. Austrian surgeon who performed the first successful human corneal graft (1905)
  8. 10. Overnight contact lens therapy that reshapes cornea to correct myopia
  9. 14. Outermost corneal cell layer responsible for optical smoothness and wound healing
  10. 15. Optical defect or distortion degrading image quality
  11. 16. General term for surgical replacement or transplantation of the cornea
  12. 18. Gene mutation causing early-onset Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy