Biomechanical and wound healing characteristics of corneas after excimer laser keratorefractive surgery: Is there a difference between advanced surface ablation and sub-Bowman's keratomileusis?

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Dawson, Daniel G ^a   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^a   McCarey, Bernard E ^a   Edelhauser, Henry F ^a,c   Randleman, ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38349087270     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20080101-16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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