Some possible longer-term ocular changes following excimer laser refractive surgery

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 274-288

  Oliveira Soto, Laura ^a   Charman, W Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal innervation; Dry eye; Excimer laser; Intraocular pressure; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; DRY EYE; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETINA; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY; WOUND HEALING; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; FOLLOW UP; KERATINOCYTE; LACRIMAL FLUID; METHODOLOGY; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; REOPERATION; SECRETION; TIME;

CORNEA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATINOCYTES; MYOPIA; REOPERATION; RETINA; TEARS; TIME FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036636554     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00022.x     Document Type: Review

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