Photorefractive keratectomy versus laser in situ keratomileusis for the treatment of spherical hyperopia

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-37

  El Agha, Mohamed Sameh H ^a   Johnston, Eric W ^a   Bowman, R Wayne ^a   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a   McCulley, James P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperopia; LASIK; Photorefractive keratectomy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPHERICAL HYPEROPIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; MIDDLE AGED;

CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038148462     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00140068-200301000-00009     Document Type: Article

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