Surgical correction of moderate myopia: Which method should you choose? II. PRK and LASIK are the treatments of choice

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-179

  Steinert, Roger F ^a   Bafna, Shamik ^a  

^a OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA PERFORATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0031660379     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(98)00027-7     Document Type: Review

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