Precision of flap measurements for laser in situ keratomileusis in 4428 eyes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-123

  Flanagan, Gerald W ^a   Binder, Perry S ^a,b  

^a Gordon Binder and Weiss Vision Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL SHAPER; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETROPIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROKERATOMA; MYOPIA; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND PACHYMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037344313     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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