Management of unsuccessful LASIK surgery

Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 125-141

  Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^a,b   Jardim, Daniela ^a   Netto, Marcelo V ^c   Wilson, Steven E ^d  

^a Instituto de Olhos Renato Ambrosio   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrometry; Complications; Corneal biomechanics; Corneal tomography; Corneal topography; LASIK; Outcomes satisfaction with refractive surgery; Therapeutic wavefront guided ablation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; ASCORBIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN A; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; MITOMYCIN C; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; STEROID;

DRY EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34547614797     PISSN: 15277313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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