Role of flap thickness in laser in situ keratomileusis enhancement for refractive undercorrection

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1129-1141

  Flanagan, Gerald W ^a   Binder, Perry S ^a  

^a Gordon Binder and Weiss Vision Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROMA; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTIGMATISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745948014     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.01.095     Document Type: Article

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