Late-Onset Corneal Haze and Myopic Regression after Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK)

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-355

  Kuo, Irene C ^a,b   Lee, Salena M ^a   Hwang, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Haze; LASEK; Photorefractive keratectomy; PRK; Regression

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUOROMETHOLONE; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2142716016     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200405000-00007     Document Type: Article

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