PRK for epithelial ingrowth in buttonhole after LASIK

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-261

  Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a   Gupta, Vishal ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Buttonhole; Epithelial ingrowth; Laser in situ keratomileusis; Photorefractive keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL EPITHELIAL INGROWTH; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; RUPTURE; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037379319     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200304000-00016     Document Type: Article

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