Depth predictability of stromal pockets in the posterior cornea

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 174-179

  Melles, Gerrit R J ^a   Ten Hoope, Gerard W ^b   Rietveld, Frank J R ^c   Beekhuis, W Houdijn ^a   Binder, Perry S ^d  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Workshop   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d National Vision Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal surgery; Keratotomy; Lamellar corneal dissection; Stroma; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA SURGERY; DISSECTION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031908718     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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