Comparison of postoperative pain in patients following photorefractive keratectomy versus advanced surface ablation

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1314-1319

  Blake, Charles Richard ^b   Cervantes Castañeda, Rene A ^a,c   Macias Rodríguez, Yolanda ^a,c   Anzoulatous, George ^a   Anderson, Robert ^b   Chayet, Arturo S ^a  

^a Departamento de Cirugía Refractiva y Segmento Anterior   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ALCOHOL;

DEBRIDEMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MYOPIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 24944479045     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.11.046     Document Type: Article

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