LASEK and photorefractive keratectomy for myopia: Clinical and confocal microscopy comparison

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 694-702

  Ghirlando, Alessandra ^a   Gambato, Catia ^a   Midena, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34548720486     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20070901-08     Document Type: Article

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