Femtosecond Laser versus Mechanical Keratome LASIK for Myopia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-68

  Montés Micó, Robert ^a,b,c   Rodríguez Galietero, Antonio ^c   Alió, Jorge L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^c Clínica Oftalmológica Dr Antonio Rodríguez   (Spain)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUPIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845728103     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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