Comparison of laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy to correct myopia from -1.25 to -6.00 diopters

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 528-534

  Wang, Zheng ^a   Chen, Jiaqi ^a   Yang, Bin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FLURBIPROFEN; OFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030727220     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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