Safety and predictability of laser in situ keratomileusis enhancement by flap reelevation in high myopia

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 593-603

  Brahma, Arun ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a,b   Craig, Jennifer P ^a,b   Brown, Andrew D ^a   Weed, Kathryn H ^a   McGhee, Jane ^a,b   Brown, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOGRAPHY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SAFETY; TONOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA STROMA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; COHORT STUDIES; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035319455     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(01)00765-9     Document Type: Article

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