Applications for the femtosecond laser in corneal surgery

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 338-341

  Slade, Stephen G ^a  

^a Slade and Baker Vision Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal surgery; Femtosecond laser; IntraLase Enabled Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

CORNEA SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASER SURGERY;

EID: 34250724522     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3281bd88b2     Document Type: Review

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