Epi-LASIK update: Overview of techniques and patient management

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 105-115

  Matsumoto, Jessica C ^a   Chu, Yun Sen R ^a  

^a Chu Vision Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA THICKNESS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRY EYE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748275293     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200604630-00010     Document Type: Review

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