title: [Surgical correction of refractive errors].
abstract: This article reviews operation techniques and indications for the surgical correction of ametropia. The author also explains and lists the anomalies of refraction. The limitations of the methods as well as open questions for the future are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik, Inselspital, Bern. beatrice.frueh@insel.ch
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Frueh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D009216:Myopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000209:etiology; D054140:Refractive Surgical Procedures
vernacular_title: Chirurgische Korrektur der Fehlsichtigkeit.