Long-term Follow-up of Intacs for Post-LASIK Corneal Ectasia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1909-1917

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Tsiklis, Nikolaos S ^a   Pallikaris, Aristofanis I ^a   Kounis, George ^a   Diakonis, Vasilios F ^a   Astyrakakis, Nikolaos ^a   Siganos, Charalambos S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ECTASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750321854     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.043     Document Type: Article

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