Joseph Dunford (left) and Ash Carter next to a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber at Offutt Air Force Base (2016) Offutt Air Force Base /ËÊfÃ¦t/ (IATA: OFF, ICAO: KOFF, FAA LID: OFF) is a U.S. Air Force installation near Omaha, and lies adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
Noun. 1. keratotomy-surgical incision into the cornea. eye operation, eye surgery-any surgical procedure involving the eyes. radial keratotomy-radial pattern of incisions in the cornea that cause the cornea to bulge; performed to correct myopia.Translations.erÂ·aÂ·totÂ·oÂ·my. n. pl. kerÂ·aÂ·totÂ·oÂ·mies. Surgical incision of the cornea.
Beginning in 1936, Japanese ophthalmologist Tsutomu Sato conducted research in anterior and posterior keratotomy, an early form of refractive surgery that attempted to treat keratoconus, myopia and astigmatism by making incisions in the cornea.he incisions of RK are used to relax the steep central cornea in patients with myopia. The original technique â consisting of incisions from periphery to center â was called the Russian technique, while the later advances of performing controlled incision from center to periphery was called the American Technique.