Increase in corneal asphericity after standard laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia is not inherent to the Munnerlyn algorithm

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Marcos, Susana ^a   Cano, Daniel ^b   Barbero, Sergio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0141433497     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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