Laser subepithelial keratomileusis: Electron microscopy and visual outcomes of flap photorefractive keratectomy

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-328

  Azar, Dimitri T ^a,b,d   Ang, Robert T ^a,b,c   Lee, Jae Bum ^a,b   Kato, Takuji ^a,b   Chen, Chun Chen ^a,b   Jain, Sandeep ^a,b   Gabison, Eric ^a,b   Abad, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Asian Eye Institute   (Philippines)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; VISUAL ACUITY;

EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034887085     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200108000-00014     Document Type: Review

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