Theoretical elastic response of the cornea to refractive surgery: Risk factors for keratectasia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-185

  Guirao, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTASIA; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 15544373161     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20050301-14     Document Type: Article

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