Effectiveness of laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy to treat residual refractive errors after laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 642-647

  Cagil, Nurullah ^a   Aydin, Bahri ^a   Ozturk, Sertac ^a   Hasiripi, Hikmet ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947728998     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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