Conductive keratoplasty for the correction of low to moderate hyperopia: U.S. clinical trial 1-year results on 355 eyes

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1978-1989

  McDonald, Marguerite B ^a   Hersh, Peter S ^b   Manche, Edward E ^c   Maloney, Robert K ^d   Davidorf, Jonathan ^e   Sabry, Moataz ^a  

^a Southern Vision Institute   (United States)

^b Hersh Vision Group   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Maloney Vision Institute   (United States)

^e Davidorf Eye Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036841036     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01255-1     Document Type: Article

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