Photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy for low; moderate and high astigmatism using abroad beam excimer laser: Evaluation according to new international criterias;Photoastigmatische refraktive keratektomie fur gering-, mittel- und hochgradig myope astigmatismen mit einem broad beam excimer laser: Answertung refraktiv-chirurgischer daten nach internationalen richtlinien

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 267-274

  Schnitzler, Eva Maria ^a   Kohnen, Thomas ^a   Steinkamp, Gerd W K ^a   Ohrloff, Christian ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broad beam excimer laser; Myopic astigmatism; PARK; Photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy; VISX 20 20 excimer laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MALE; MYOPIA; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032585694     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034713     Document Type: Article

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