Changes in corneal thickness and curvature after different excimer laser photorefractive procedures and their impact on intraocular pressure measurements

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1218-1220

  Svedberg, Helena ^a   Chen, Enping ^a   Hamberg Nyström, Helene ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corneal curvature; Corneal thickness; Excimer laser refractive procedures; Goldmann tonometry; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTOMY, LASER; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 30344442785     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0072-x     Document Type: Article

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