LASEK versus LASIK for the correction of moderate myopia

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 605-610

  Teus, Miguel A ^a,b   De Benito Llopis, Laura ^a   Sánchez Pina, Jose M ^a  

^a VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

LASEK; Laser in situ keratomileusis; Laser subepithelial keratomileusis; Laser assisted subepithelial keratectomy; LASIK; Moderate myopia

Indexed keywords

LASER IN SITU KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SUBEPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MODERATE MYOPIA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EYE PROTECTION; OPTOMETERS; REFRACTION; VISION;

LASERS;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34447523547     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3180dc9a4f     Document Type: Review

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