Correction of astigmatism with short arc-length intrastromal corneal ring segments: Preliminary results

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 516-524

  Ruckhofer, Josef ^a   Stoiber, Josef ^a   Twa, Michael D ^b   Grabner, Günther ^a  

^a Landesklin Augenheilkunde/Optom   (Austria)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SAFETY; SHORT ARC LENGTH INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037370386     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01773-6     Document Type: Article

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