Mitomycin-C assisted photorefractive keratectomy in the treatment of buttonholed laser in situ keratomileusis flaps associated with epithelial ingrowth

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2026-2030

  Taneri, Suphi ^a   Koch, Jörg M ^a   Melki, Samir A ^b   Azar, Dimitri T ^c  

^a Zentrum fur Refraktive Chirurgie Munster   (Germany)

^b Boston Eye Group   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SPECTACLES; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CICATRIX; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 28844495132     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.06.035     Document Type: Article

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