Assessing the accuracy of Orbscan II post-LASIK: Apparent keratectasia is paradoxically associated with anterior chamber depth reduction in successful procedures

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-152

  Cairns, Gerard ^a   Ormonde, Susan E ^a,b   Gray, Trevor ^a,b   Hadden, O Bruce ^b   Morris, Tony ^b   Ring, Peter ^b   McGhee, Charles N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Eye Institute   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cornea; Keratectasia; LASIK; Orbscan; Topography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATECTASIA; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18644386012     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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