Intra-individual variability of penetrating keratoplasty outcome after excimer laser versus motorized corneal trephination

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 804-810

  Szentmáry, Nóra ^a,b   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TREPHINE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750092957     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20061001-11     Document Type: Article

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