Wavefront analysis comparison of LASIK outcomes with the femtosecond laser and mechanical microkeratomes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 880-887

  Medeiros, Fabricio W ^a,b   Stapleton, William M ^a   Hammel, Jeffery ^a   Krueger, Ronald R ^a   Netto, Marcelo V ^b   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY;

EID: 36448965632     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20071101-03     Document Type: Article

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