Comparison of higher-order aberrations after LASEK with a 6.0 mm ablation zone and a 6.5 mm ablation zone with blend zone

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Seo, Kyoung Yul ^a   Lee, Jae Bum ^b   Kang, Jimmy Jaeyoung ^c   Lee, Eun Suk ^a   Kim, Eung Kweon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yongdong Severance Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROMETHOLON; FLUOROMETHOLONE; OFLOXACIN; OFLOXACINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; NIGHT VISION; PACHOMETRY; POLARIMETRY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1842528958     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.09.039     Document Type: Article

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