A Corneal Flap Technique for Laser In Situ Keratomileusis: Human Studies

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 1699-1702

  Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a   Papatzanaki, Maria E ^a   Siganos, Dimitrios S ^a   Tsilimbaris, Miltiades K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; TROPICAMIDE;

ASTIGMATISM; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0026410027     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1991.01080120083031     Document Type: Article

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