Proposed Mechanism for Retinal Tears after LASIK: An Experimental Model

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-27

  Flaxel, Christina J ^a,b   Choi, Young H ^b   Sheety, Michael ^b   Christopher Oeinck, Stephen ^a   Lee, Joe Y ^a   McDonnell, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; LENS IMPLANT; MYOPIA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA TEAR; TONOMETER;

EID: 0347418272     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.05.016     Document Type: Article

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