Referrals to the Wills Eye Institute Cornea Service after laser in situ keratomileusis: Reasons for patient dissatisfaction

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Levinson, Brett A ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a   Hammersmith, Kristin M ^a   Ayres, Brandon D ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLEPHARITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRY EYE; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHARITIS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 37349010608     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.08.028     Document Type: Article

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