Comparison of Single-Segment and Double-Segment Intacs for Keratoconus and Post-LASIK Ectasia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 891-895

  Sharma, Munish ^a,b   Boxer Wachler, Brian S ^a  

^a Boxer Wachler Vision Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ECTASIA; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646165355     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.12.027     Document Type: Article

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