The effect of water content on the 193 nm excimer laser ablation

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-103

  Feltham, Mark H ^a,b,c   Stapleton, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Mark Feltham Optometrists   (Australia)

^c Colonial Building ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

193 nm excimer laser ablation; Hydrogel; Water content

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; DEHYDRATION; EXCIMER LASER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDROGEL; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION; WATER CONTENT;

CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; METHACRYLATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOPIA; WATER;

EID: 0036250230     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-6404.2002.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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