Avoiding serious corneal complications of laser assisted in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 640-652

  Holland, Simon P ^a,b   Srivannaboon, Sabong ^a,c   Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Laser Center   (Canada)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SCAR FORMATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034027941     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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