One-year outcomes of a bilateral randomized prospective clinical trial comparing laser subepithelial keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 575-579

  Pirouzian, Amir ^a,c   Thornton, Jennifer ^b   Ngo, Sieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Children's Specialists of San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745186697     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20060601-09     Document Type: Article

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