Reproducibility of LASIK flap thickness using the Hansatome microkeratome

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1031-1037

  Giledi, Osama ^a   Mulhern, Mark G ^a   Espinosa, Marcela ^a   Kerr, Andrea ^a   Daya, Sheraz M ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PACHOMETRY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 2342492318     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.09.070     Document Type: Article

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