RK4 lens fitting for a flap striae in a LASIK patient

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 76-78

  Lin, Jen Chieh ^b   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Flap striae; Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis; LASIK; Reverse geometry lens; RK4 lens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA STROMA; KERATOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037869122     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000056623.43897.EF     Document Type: Article

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