Influence of refraction on tonometric readings after photorefractive keratectomy and laser assisted in situ keratomileusis

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 512-516

  Gimeno, Juan Alberto Sanchis ^a   Muñoz, Luis Alonso ^b   Valenzuela, Lucrecia Aguilar ^b   Pérez Moltó, Francisco José ^a,c   Rahhal, Mohammed Saleh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Excimer; Goldmann; LASIK; Myopia; PRK; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; TONOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0343628684     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200007000-00022     Document Type: Article

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