Secondary microkeratome-induced flap interference with the pathway of the primary flap

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1379-1383

  Tekwani, Navin H ^b   Chalita, Maria Regina ^b   Krueger, Ronald R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA STROMA; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038492789     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00446-9     Document Type: Article

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