Multipass versus single pass photorefractive keratectomy for high myopia using a scanning laser

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 444-450

  Pop, Mihai ^a   Payette, Yves ^a  

^a Michel Pop Clinics   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HAZE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032808855     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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