Conductive keratoplasty: A radiofrequency-based technique for the correction of hyperopia

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 103, Issue , 2005, Pages 512-536

  McDonald, Marguerite B ^a  

^a Southern Vision Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRY EYE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; YAG LASER;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIO WAVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 29944446859     PISSN: 15456110     EISSN: 15456110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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