LASIK complications: Etiology, management, and prevention

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-116

  Melki, Samir A ^a,b   Azar, Dimitri T ^a,c  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Stockholm Environment Institute   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Corneal surgery; Keratomileusis; Lasers; LASIK; Microkeratome; Photorefractive keratectomy; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ASTIGMATISM; BLINKING; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEAL ECTASIA; DRY EYE; DYSTROPHY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; GLARE; GROWTH; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SLIT LAMP; SPONGE; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0034813361     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(01)00254-5     Document Type: Review

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