Outcome of second surgery in LASIK cases aborted due to flap complications

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 993-999

  Jabbur, Nada S ^a   Myrowitz, Elliott ^a   Wexler, Jeffrey L ^b   O'Brien, Terrence P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Physicians Eye Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORNEA; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATOMILEUSIS; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2342496715     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.09.067     Document Type: Article

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