Effect of an elliptical optical zone on outcome of photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Shah, Sunil ^a,d   Smith, Ronald J ^b   Pieger, Stefan ^c   Chatterjee, Anupam ^a  

^a Optimax Laser Eye Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Nidek Application Office Europe   (Germany)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ASTIGMATISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032899445     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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