Automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty for post-PRK corneal scarring and thinning

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1067-1069

  Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c   Ang, Leonard P K ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED LAMELLAR THERAPEUTIC KERATOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA SCARRING; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA THINNING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CICATRIX; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 11144296793     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.06.062     Document Type: Article

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