Retreatment to Enlarge Small Excimer Laser Optical Zones Using Combined Myopic and Hyperopic Ablations

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-52

  Lafond, Gilles ^a,d   Solomon, Leon ^b   Bonnet, Sylviane ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Inst Microchir Oculaire de Quebec   (Canada)

^d Bureau 200 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REOPERATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0346502927     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040101-09     Document Type: Article

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