LASIK flap revision using the intralase femtosecond laser

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-63

  Tran, Dan B ^a,b   Binder, Perry S ^c   Brame, Cory L ^b  

^a Coastal Vision Medical Group ^*  (United States)

^b Gordon Binder and Weiss Vision Institute ^*  (United States)

^c Gordon Binder and Weiss Vision Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SLICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 38349095043     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e31815eae43     Document Type: Article

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