Peripheral corneal relaxing incisions after excimer laser refractive surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1038-1044

  Wang, Li ^a   Swami, Anil ^a   Koch, Douglas D ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; NOMOGRAM; PERIPHERAL CORNEAL RELAXING INCISION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALGORITHMS; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2342499809     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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