Patient satisfaction after 5.0-mm photorefractive keratectomy for myopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Ben Sira, Ayala ^a   Loewenstein, Anat ^a   Lipshitz, Isaac ^a   Levanon, Daniela ^a   Lazar, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031000192     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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