Excimer laser-assisted anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus, corneal problems after laser in situ keratomileusis, and corneal stromal opacities

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1264-1269

  Bilgihan, Kamil ^a   Özdek, Şengül C ^a   Sari, Ayça ^a   Hasanreisoǧlu, Berati ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; SUTURING METHOD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ACUITY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746224199     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.056     Document Type: Article

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