Stromal thermal effects induced by nonmechanical (2.94-μm) Erbium:YAG laser corneal trephination

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1342-1348

  Behrens, Ashley ^a   Küchle, Michael ^a   Seite, Berthold ^a,b   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Kus, Murat M ^a   Amann, Thomas ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Rummelt, Carmen ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0031708016     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.10.1342     Document Type: Article

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