Traumatic corneal flap dislocation one to six years after LASIK in nine eyes with a favorable outcome

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 884-889

  Landau, David ^a   Levy, Jaime ^b   Solomon, Avraham ^a   Lifshitz, Tova ^b   Orucov, Fiek ^a   Strassman, Eyal ^a   Frucht Pery, Josef ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISLOCATION; EYE INJURY; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LENS LUXATION; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; THERAPY DELAY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33751084851     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20061101-08     Document Type: Article

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