Flap folds after femtosecond LASIK

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-254

  Biser, Seth A ^a   Bloom, Adam H ^a   Donnenfeld, Eric D ^a,b   Perry, Henry D ^a   Solomon, Renée ^a   Doshi, Sima ^a  

^a OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF LONG ISLAND   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond; IntraLase; LASIK; Striae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CORNEA; CORNEA FLAP STRIAE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; STRIA; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TISSUE FLAP; VISUAL ACUITY; ARTICLE; CORNEA STROMA; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0642365759     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000081600.43438.4B     Document Type: Review

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