Advances in phakic intraocular lenses: Indications, efficacy, safety, and new designs

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-357

  Alio, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Anterior segment anatomy; Astigmatism; Hyperopia; Myopia; Optical coherence tomography; Phakic intraocular lenses; Presbyopia; Refractive surgery; Very high frequency ultrasound; Vision quality

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LENS IMPLANT; MYOPIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETINA INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISION;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; PRESBYOPIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

EID: 3242685001     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200408000-00012     Document Type: Review

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