Photorefractive keratectomy with a small spot laser and tracker

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a   Koufala, Konstantina I ^b   Siganos, Dimitrios S ^a   Papadaki, Thekla G ^a   Katsanevaki, Vikentia J ^a   Tourtsan, Vladimir ^b   McDonald, Marguerite B ^c   Gauthier, Charline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Orasis Hellenic Eye Center   (Greece)

^c Refractive Surgery Center of the South   (United States)

^d Autonomous Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPIVEFRINE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA SURGERY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032929959     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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