Photorefractive keratectomy for myopia

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-44

  Wu, Helen K ^a,b   Demers, Pierre E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA OPACITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030052110     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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