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=== Barraquer's early work === In the 1950s, the [[microkeratome]] and [[keratomileusis]] technique were developed in [[Bogotá]], Colombia, by the [[Spain|Spanish]] ophthalmologist [[Jose Barraquer|José Barraquer]]. In his clinic, he would cut thin (one hundredth of a mm thick) flaps in the [[cornea]] to alter its shape. Barraquer also investigated how much of the cornea had to be left unaltered in order to provide stable long-term results.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Troutman RC, Swinger C | title = Refractive keratoplasty: keratophakia and keratomileusis | journal = Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society | volume = 76 | pages = 329–39 | year = 1978 | pmid = 382579 | pmc = 1311630 }}</ref>
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