Photorefractive keratectomy versus laser in situ keratomileusis to prevent keratectasia after corneal ablation

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2623-2628

  Rao, Srinivas K ^a,b   Srinivasan, Bhaskar ^a   Sitalakshmi, Guruswamy ^a   Padmanabhan, Prema ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b SANKARA NETHRALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; KERATECTASIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MYOPIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 11144347677     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.09.037     Document Type: Article

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