Two-year follow-up of noncontact holmium laser thermokeratoplasty for the correction of low hyperopia

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-392

  Rocha, Guillermo ^a,b,f   Castillo, Juan Miguel ^c   Sánchez Thorin, Juan Camilo ^d   Johnston, Jennifer ^a   Cartagena, Rosario G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

^e BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Medical Centre Building   (Canada)

Author keywords

Holmium laser thermokeratoplasty; Holmium:YAG laser; Hyperopia; Keratomileusis

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; EYE DROPS; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOKERATOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0142090509     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(03)80050-9     Document Type: Article

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