Therapeutic effects of contact lenses after refractive surgery

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-22

  Gemoules, Greg ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Corneal molding; Higher order aberrations; Refractive surgery; Reverse geometry; Rigid gaspermeable; Topography; Wavefront aberrometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KERATOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 15044364172     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000141922.70452.6B     Document Type: Review

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