Safe LASIK: A primer

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 83-90

  Groden, Lewis R ^a   Shah, Vipul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GATIFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VISION;

HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33748255739     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200604630-00008     Document Type: Review

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