Improved safety in contemporary LASIK

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1375-1380

  Watson, Stephanie L ^a,b   Bunce, Catey ^a   Allan, Bruce D S ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 23044495326     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

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