Tear film function and corneal sensation in the early postoperative period after LASEK for the correction of myopia

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 911-916

  Herrmann, Wolfgang Artur ^a   Shah, Chirag Pradip ^b   von Mohrenfels, Christoph Winkler ^a   Gabler, Bernhard ^a   Hufendiek, Karsten ^a   Lohmann, Chris Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal sensation; Dry eye; LASEK; Refractive surgery; Tear film function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIRMER TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION; STAINING AND LABELING; TEARS;

EID: 25844491605     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-1130-0     Document Type: Article

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