Ectasia after laser in situ keratomileusis

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-426

  Rabinowitz, Yaron S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal biomechanics; Ectasia; Forme fruste keratoconus; LASIK; Orbscan

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOMECHANICS; CONSENSUS; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CROSS LINKING; DATA ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 33748274136     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000243015.51886.3a     Document Type: Review

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