Comparative study of stromal bed quality by using mechanical, IntraLase femtosecond laser 15- and 30-kHz microkeratomes

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 446-451

  Sarayba, Melvin A ^a   Ignacio, Teresa S ^a,b,e   Binder, Perry S ^a,c   Tran, Dan B ^d  

^a IntraLase Corp   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Gordon   (United States)

^d Coastal Vision Laser Eye Centers ^*  (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; LASIK; Microkeratome; Roughness; Surface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPLANTATION;

CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34247625520     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318033e7cc     Document Type: Article

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