INTACS inserts using the femtosecond laser compared to the mechanical spreader in the treatment of keratoconus

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 764-771

  Rabinowitz, Yaron S ^a   Li, Xiaohui ^a   Ignacio, Teresa S ^b   Maguen, Ezra ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750105819     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20061001-06     Document Type: Article

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